David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> writes: > On Fri 04 Aug 2023 at 15:36:35 (+0200), Kamil Jońca wrote: >> Kamil Jońca <kjo...@o2.pl> writes: >> >> [...] >> Ugh. This laptop has keyboard where Fn keys have dual function (quite >> common nowadays) and under F1 was kind of 'Sleep'. So when I press >> Ctrl-Alt-F1 it goes to sleep, and with F2/F3 there were no reaction as >> these keys have no other meaning. >> When I press Ctrl-"fn switch"-Alt+F1 I got console. >> Thanks for everyone for ensuring me that consoles are still in Debian >> and sorry for the noise. > > On some laptops, the BIOS can switch between treating the Function > keys as you reported here, or its opposite. The terminology varies: > here, Lenovo call it HotKey Mode, and HP call it Action Keys Mode.
I know that. The thing was, it wasn't my laptop, and (as I always set it to Fn, not "special" on my machines) I did not think that someone might want to have it cofigured that way :) KJ -- http://wolnelektury.pl/wesprzyj/teraz/
