Hi Peter, I agree wholeheartedly with your observations. It is completely crazy to the point where there is actually introduced remedies to the kernel-madness in the Keyboard Preference program (hint: see System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layout->Layout Options->Miscellaneous compatibility options->Swap keycodes of two keys when mac keyboards are misdetected by kernel) !!!
To remove the function key and num lock madness you can add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/options: options hid pb_fnmode=0 -- Apple fn key behavior isn't consistent with what's expected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201711 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs