From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 22:29:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C645A1065680 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:29:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 811448FC1C for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:29:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so49252anc.13 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:29:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=i4k3RFN4CWS4ikFsIPtq+zHVqXKyYaHoZr3u2M8ToE0=; b=WtmnnrVkcngE1hgb1L+n7Je1WXV8pYQfy01ZEIEh03nKYMBza5id+GaoPPIkv/TOqiCrzyNambtTxh60oIAaMPotmMCsE/XhALIVF/IAaJNxPu9HdM0L73qN8szf0O+MdM0TQN2tXRZpfYHyV7xzaVlrHu6XWADH14Qmc2UhTGQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bJ2cnzReTkm7PNPMlptxKm7WIBTHkilCZ1f/V4f15bSkr2+WHTk9aNxUfji5iGy1J62l83Aru+JqpfhfBNtyQXWKyrrQupTt52IYqh7y1Yh2Z6GFxtXEqrNmey3Vbh2z2VoIQ06rs/5HraPiE34JoIeLcmJkfBr+IoijE7ViNAs= Received: by 10.100.214.3 with SMTP id m3mr1191245ang.114.1206570555715; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:29:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.151.7 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:29:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <80f4f2b20803261529x2d5544efi4f6e2bd4667ae314@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:29:15 -0400 From: "Jim Stapleton" To: "Tim Judd" In-Reply-To: <47EA86FB.8000505@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <80f4f2b20803260549o5b54814ax901bd502a7bf9135@mail.gmail.com> <47EA86FB.8000505@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:29:21 -0000 On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Tim Judd wrote: > > 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. > Yeah, mine is MS too. As I said I got it working by pressing one of the buttons also. I was just wondering what changed between 6.2 and 7.0. There were no issues in 6.2 -Jim Stapleton