From: "Michel Dänzer" <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch>
To: Matthias Grimm <joker@cymes.de>
Cc: LinuxPPC Mailingliste <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: Embedded Function Keys on Powerbook?
Date: 19 Dec 2001 17:16:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1008778610.8309.36.camel@pismo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C2080DC.7080307@cymes.de>
On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 12:58, Matthias Grimm wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I use the Kernel 2.4.16-benh on an Apple Powerbook G3 (Pismo).
>
> The Powerbooks have special keys for brightness, volume, mute, etc
> in parallel to the funcion keys F1 to F6. Per default this special keys
> are the primary keys and the Function-Keys (together with the Fn-key)
> build the secondary keys.
>
> The Mac-OS 9 has a checkbox in the Function-Key-Dialog to "invert" the
> Fn-key. Cecked, the Function-Keys are the primary keys and the special
> keys work together with Fn.
>
> Question: Has this function already been implemented in the Kernel?
> I found something about the Button-Device in the keyboard
> driver. Is this a feature of the Button-Device?
>
> Also interesting is: When I had checked the checkbox under Mac-OS, the
> setting survived all reboots and also with Linux the F1-F6 keys worked
> without the Fn-key. But after the machine once awaked from sleep (after
> reopen the lid or similar) the setting is resetted to default.
>
> Has anyone information about this feature?
A utility/hack for this was posted to the debian-powerpc list a while
ago. It's called fnset IIRC.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-19 11:58 Embedded Function Keys on Powerbook? Matthias Grimm
2001-12-19 14:52 ` Michael Schmitz
2001-12-19 16:16 ` Michel Dänzer [this message]
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