Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:10:05 GMT From: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> To: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly Message-ID: <201003040710.o247A58h083526@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR usb/144414; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:01:16 -0800 On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrot= e: > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:36 PM, =C2=A0<perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: >> Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrote: >>> Interestingly, my tilde key doesn't work either (though the key >>> press is detected, no character shows when the key is pressed). >> >> Any chance it is configured as a "dead" key? =C2=A0If you press >> tilde followed by n do you get an n with a tilde over it? >> > > Nope. It simply does nothing in the console. > > But in X11, it does something very odd. Shift+Tilde Key gives me '>', > and Tilde Key gives me '<'. And Alt+Tilde gives me... What? I don't > even know what action. It's grabbing some arbitrary command in my > .bash_history. It gave me the first item in my .bash_history the first > time I tried it. Then I tried an arbitrary command ("echo"), and then > Alt+Tilde gave me the second command in my .bash_history. Whaa? > > - Steven Ugh. If only life had a rewind/erase button, I could fix my poor proofreading and no one would be the wiser. See above for fixed nonsense. - Steven >
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