Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:08:59 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, martinko <gamato@users.sf.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? Message-ID: <20081023235822.I4254@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <86fxmn35e9.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> <op.uevchzc99aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <C5BCB173-CB87-4739-99CB-74CF7E76FBC4@ixsystems.com> <gdliol$c2q$1@ger.gmane.org> <86fxmox51m.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20081022173634.GA57706@thought.org> <86fxmn35e9.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1822720482-1224767339=:4254 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> writes: > > I've seen that Fn key, but don't know what it is for. What? you press > > it, then follow with the integers [ 1, 2, 3 ... ]? At any rate, maybe > > you can remap the key with ~/.xmodmaprc. > > They're used to access keys which won't physically fit on a laptop > keyboard, such as the numeric keypad, NumLock, ScrollLock etc., and > (along with function keys) to control hardware-specific functions like > switching between internal and external display, turning bluetooth and > wlan on and off, adjusting the backlight brightness, etc. Not to mention the wonderful thinklight .. Re your original issue, can you get any mileage out of using acpi_ibm, devd and this post and/or the other one it references: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-mobile/2006-August/008959.html Seems strange a 'naked' Fn key doing something while running, though pressing Fn alone (or lifting the lid) wakes my T23 from its slumber. cheers, Ian --0-1822720482-1224767339=:4254--
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