Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:30:04 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: <201003141030.o2EAU40v018339@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:26:19 -0700
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrot=
e:
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wr=
ote:
>> 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?
>>
Any more ideas/news on this from anyone?
The tilde key thing is especially irritating.
- Steven
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