On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 the mental interface of Bin Zhang told: > On 6/15/07, Gerfried Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I recently update from 2.6.18-4-powerpc to 2.6.21-1-powerpc and >> everything worked pretty well -- except for the function keys. When I >> press f1 and f2 it switches the brightness of my screen, f3 to f5 >> address sound value, and so on. If I want to use a real f1 I now have >> to press fn-f1. >> >> With 2.6.18 this was the other way round: pressing f1 got through as a >> real f1, and fn-f1 changed the brightness. Is there some boot option or >> the likes with which I can revert to the old behavior? I don't >> regularly use the function keys for their special meaning but instead >> use them as shortcuts. >> > > pbbuttonsd can set this for you. > In /etc/pbbuttonsd.conf, section [MODULE PMAC], there is a line > KBDMode = .... > > > Best regards, > Bin > >> I'm having a PowerBook G4, if that's of any matter. Any help would be >> truly appreciated. I did look through the diff of /boot/config-* but >> didn't find anything that raised my closer interrest.
I am booting with append="hid.pb_fnmode=2" Ciao Elimar -- On the keyboard of life you have always to keep a finger at the escape key;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
