Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:01:50 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd Message-ID: <47EB000E.8090809@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20803261529x2d5544efi4f6e2bd4667ae314@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20803260549o5b54814ax901bd502a7bf9135@mail.gmail.com> <47EA86FB.8000505@gmail.com> <80f4f2b20803261529x2d5544efi4f6e2bd4667ae314@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> 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
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