Re: [Emc-users] Function keys not... functioning.
On 6 May 2010 03:27, Neil Baylis neil.bay...@gmail.com wrote: I'm using an Apple keyboard. I think the aluminium Apple keyboards only send F-keys when you press the Fn modifier key at the same time. Normally they send the other things on them (volume up/down, Expose, that sort of thing) -- atp -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Function keys not... functioning.
atp wrote:- I'm using an Apple keyboard. I think the aluminium Apple keyboards only send F-keys when you press the Fn modifier key at the same time. Normally they send the other things on them (volume up/down, Expose, that sort of thing) Not on the one I'm using with one of my PCs - that may be the case on an Apple computer but with the PC they function as expected with all the programs I normally use. Ian __ Ian W. Wright Sheffield UK -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Function keys not... functioning.
Is there anything I need to configure to make the function keys (in Axis GUI) work? When I hit the function keys, e.g. F1, F2 nothing happens. The function keys work in emacs, so I know it's possible. I'm using the Ubuntu 8.04 live CD install of EMC2, downloaded from the linuxcnc website. Thanks, Neil -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Function keys not... functioning.
Neil Baylis wrote: Is there anything I need to configure to make the function keys (in Axis GUI) work? When I hit the function keys, e.g. F1, F2 nothing happens. The function keys work in emacs, so I know it's possible. I'm using the Ubuntu 8.04 live CD install of EMC2, downloaded from the linuxcnc website. Very odd! I sure use F1 - F5 and F9-F11 all the time in Axis, and with an 8.04 Ubuntu install. Are you using any special type of keyboard? I have not used a live distro directly is a while, I usually use some version of the development trunk and compile. Jon -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Function keys not... functioning.
Well, the Dell keyboard worked. So then I did what I should have done in the first place: ask the Google! Turns out, there's a magic incantation you can do to make the function keys of an Apple keyboard work correctly under Ubuntu: First you have to edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/options, add “options hid pb_fnmode=2″ Then run sudo update-initramfs -u Followed by a reboot. Now the function keys work as expected, and I can operate the estop of Axis from my keyboard. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
