Thanks for all the help, unfortunately that still isn't working for
me...
...I give up...quite honestly it's beyond me why the devs think that
breaking (or at the very least making it very arkward to use) keycombos
across hundreds if not thousands of existing linux application is a
bright idea jus
hmm...I created /etc/modprobe.d/hid and added the line:
options hid pb_fnmode=2
that doesn't work however, after a reboot the keyboard is still set to
pb_fnmode=1...am I missing something here?
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Apple fn key behavior isn't consistent with what's expected
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201711
Thanks Mario - setting the /sys parameter works, however I can't get the
modprobe option to work. I already tried setting "option hid
pb_fnmode=2" in both /etc/modprobe.conf as well as
/etc/modprobe.d/options - neither had any effect on a reboot. Did
something change in u8.04 re. module parameters?
The new behaviour makes the keyboard essentially unusable for me - tons
of apps have F-keys mapped in linux and having to press fn to use normal
f-keys just makes thinks very arkward - not to mention that having to
press fn-alt-ctrl-f1 to switch to a console is just ridiculous.
Is there any way to
