Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:25:15 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd Message-ID: <47EA86FB.8000505@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20803260549o5b54814ax901bd502a7bf9135@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20803260549o5b54814ax901bd502a7bf9135@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > Can anyone give me information on keyboard initialization during > boot-up related to my issues listed below? > > In 6.2, my system booted up, and worked fine. [alt][ctrl][f#] would > switch consoles, and I was happy. > In 7.0, the same would not happen. After googling, I found some > multimedia keyboards, like mine, had keys to switch F# to a "special" > key. I hit a few keys that had weird pictures that didn't really > describe what they'd do, and I turned my F# keys, back into F# keys. > > Were there any changes between 6.2 and 7.0 that would cause 7.0 to > start up the keyboard in the alternate F# mode? > > Note, xev didn't recognize a keypress from any [F#] key when it was in > the alternate mode. > > Thanks, > -Jim Stapleton > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I have a Microsoft keyboard that places functions like "Save" "Open" "Reply" "Reply All" in the Function row keys F#. There is a Function lock key I have to use in order to use F# keys as F# keys. Annoys the crap out of me because it's no longer a keyboard and just a headache. Do you have a key on the top right of the keyboard that is labeled like a white F surrounded in a black square? That's my Function lock key, and it displays an LED saying that I can now use my F# keys as F#. Good luck.
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