Playing with xbindkeys

sudo apt-get install xbindkeys
sudo apt-get install xautomation

xautomation is needed for xte

xbindkeys starts when the system starts. a reboot loads the new configuration out of .xbindkeysrc

pkill -f xbindkeys

now the xbindkeys daemon has stopped.

from the xconsole type:

xbindkeys -n

The n means nodaemon. You can see xbindkeys errors when testing your .xbindkeysrc file.