From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 02:01:49 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 4BCA0106564A for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FADC8FC1D for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:01:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so4418316waf.3 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:01:48 -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:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UR0nvC9bggbRncvhrik3LJrB+XPN17s1MfkCdkI/7Ew=; b=Dny8g0KYUNTiKLjv844zDLH1uy+NH+vMLzYpg+UAH8uQ/e3Iy2xElhXE6Ka3e1xQZN6q9vHELse2Zrwyepmn379WNJbBbJtysVrm2HEDrAqBULtLYervNc4tjtMTg677lfGu7tq5CsGRIQrN6zXed4zE5QRRbsLEarh/2Hlqnfk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jM9dYyf4C9W6u4MsDjVE8LKvfnoAT/cGIKMXwyP16mqwopVdEq05om25vQmMWuKrHhIgWMjK4FGclefpCYp+3AP2ewzvMCbF1h7SNxGrsqvq6ZYe08gZ6phZ97ctYod5VZnRzoHwrTsBApssKrL2ZO+D1dQgqxjhzVBugUeeBMM= Received: by 10.114.161.11 with SMTP id j11mr555483wae.13.1206583308639; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:01:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.4.140? ( [76.113.34.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j34sm17190708waf.29.2008.03.26.19.01.47 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:01:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47EB000E.8090809@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:01:50 -0600 From: Tim Judd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 SeaMonkey/1.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Stapleton References: <80f4f2b20803260549o5b54814ax901bd502a7bf9135@mail.gmail.com> <47EA86FB.8000505@gmail.com> <80f4f2b20803261529x2d5544efi4f6e2bd4667ae314@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20803261529x2d5544efi4f6e2bd4667ae314@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:01:49 -0000 Jim Stapleton wrote: > 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 > I haven't used my MS keyboard on 7.0 yet. the box it's hooked up to is a test box and i'm going through a torture session quickly. :P I'll check it soon though. Are you looking for any feedback, any special specific feedback? --Tim