Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:56:47 +0200 From: Matthias Petermann <matthias@d2ux.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately Message-ID: <520EBC3F.2070305@d2ux.org> In-Reply-To: <20130816135856.9d1bfbec.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <520DC77F.1060300@d2ux.org> <CAJ-VmomEXGr8y-9r9ie_ZO%2BG=rryKv1GRrg0N-69-YDhy5oi6Q@mail.gmail.com> <20130816132541.Horde.O4zG8_4GjKp7OfgBJ5VaQg1@d2ux.org> <20130816135856.9d1bfbec.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Hi, Am 16.08.2013 13:58, schrieb Polytropon: > I have tested a Lenovo R61i running Xfce, and I don't experience the > strange behaviour desribed. However, using the "xev" event tester, the > keycode for the Fn key is being displayed as 227, and the KeyPress > event is held (!) until the key is released, which means KeyPress and > KeyRelease happen immediately after each other. Because my IBM T60p is > still in the ICU, I can't test this, but I would assume to get a > similar result. thanks, I just used xev (with X and only TWM). It reports the Fn key as keycode 150. Looks like this is different across the Thinkpad models. > It would also be nice if "as much as possible" would work on the older > models (including the "docking stations"), because Thinkpads seem to > live much longer (and therefore will probably many more years in > productive use), compared to their crappy "competitors" on the laptop > market. :-) Agree :-) Regards, Matthias
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