On Sat, Sep 12, 2026 at 12:51:51AM +0200, Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2026-09-11, Steinar Bang wrote: > > > 1. Am I on the right track with suspecting an NVRAM overwrite done by a > > kernel upgrade for both the BIOS password and the missing Fn keys? > > I have never seen a kernel upgrade breaking the bios. Do you use EFI ? > > > 3. Or does the Fn issue have nothing to do with NVRAM update? Was it > > caused by an X/wayland update at around the same time? Is there a > > way to get Fn back without messing with the BIOS at all= > > You can use xev to check your keyboard. Note that Fn do nothing but > Fn+key give a keycode different from key alone.
... and (sometimes?) BIOSes have a setting to change whether you get function keys with Fn and the "fancy" things (backlight, etc) without or the other way around. Cheers -- t
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