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Subject: Re: [BUG] laptop keyboard, even more info
From: Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe_alfaro@linuxmail.org>
To: Arne Koewing <ark@gmx.net>
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On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 10:05, Arne Koewing wrote:
> >> I have tested that the Fn-F2 combination works in bios and grub and
> >> continues to work until the 2.5.65 kernel is loaded.
> >>
> >> I think this is a regression in the keyboard handling for the 2.5.65
> >> kernel....
> 
> I don't think this is caused by the input-layer. Linux is not passing
> Fn-X keypresses to your BIOS. If you've enabled ACPI that ought to be
> the reason for this.

Also, XFree86 4.3.0 seems to inhibit Fn key combinations on some
scenarios. On my laptop, I can't use Fn+F3 to switch between LCD and CRT
while running X.

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        Felipe Alfaro Solana
   Linux Registered User #287198
http://counter.li.org

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