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)
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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 -
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.
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
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
