Hi, On 28.02.2013 11:19, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > Hi > > On Thu, 2013-02-28 at 09:09 +0000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I recently bought a new laptop. >> >> Annoyingly the laptop function key is where you'd expect the control key >> and the control key is one key in from the left. >> >> Is it possible to make the fn key act as a control key inside of linux? >> (I'd like to keep the functions of the fn key combinations if >> possible). > > > Oh - that's really something you want to check before buying it ! > > Unfortunately, in my experience, the answer to your question is no. The > problem is that the Fn key does not send a keycode to the O/S like the > Ctrl key does - it is handled entirely in the keyboard (firmware?) > itself. > > However, you can probably swap Caps Lock and Ctrl ... I've done that in > the past when I have worn out the left Ctrl key... >
I only know of thinkpads having ctrl and fn swapped wrt. other vendors. As explained these are hard/impossible to swap in software which is why the bios of thinkpads offer the possibility to do this. Therefore I recommend, looking around in the bios whether you find there what you need. Cheers, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/512f37dd.3010...@mathphys.fsk.uni-heidelberg.de
