Re: RFE: Switch usbhid.pb_fnmode to 2 for Macbook Pro users
Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 09:11:38PM +0100, Christopher Brown wrote: > > It would appear Macbook Pro users need to additionally press the fn key to > > make F1 - F10 work as expected under Linux. Therefore to switch to a vt > they > > have to perform a wierd kind of hand twister to get it to work as it now > > requires Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F1. Just as an fyi, this is also the case on my 2+ year old PowerBook G4. And I'm pretty sure it was also the case on the iBook I had prior to that, which I got roughly 5 years ago. -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
Re: RFE: Switch usbhid.pb_fnmode to 2 for Macbook Pro users
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 09:11:38PM +0100, Christopher Brown wrote: > Hello, > > It would appear Macbook Pro users need to additionally press the fn key to > make F1 - F10 work as expected under Linux. Therefore to switch to a vt they > have to perform a wierd kind of hand twister to get it to work as it now > requires Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F1. Macbook user Alexey Kuznetsov wrote to me and said: > > To solve this problem i send echo "2" to /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode > every time on boot. But i this is a good idea to set this feature by default > for all fedora 7 users. > > I solve it by small startup service here is ti: > > #!/bin/bash > # > # chkconfig: 12345 90 01 > # description: fix apple fn keys > > . /etc/init.d/functions > > echo "2">/sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode > > action "Starting the Mac Function keys fix:" > > to which I replied: > > " ... you can also just add: > > options usbhid pb_fnmode=2 > > to modprobe.conf > > and I think: > > usbhid.pb_fnmode=2 > > being added to the kernel parameters as well. I will post an RFE to the > fedora-kernel list." > > Is it possible to enable this by default - the green lizards seem to have > done so: > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=220266 I wonder why its not the default already. Seems Novell didn't push that change upstream in the last year either. I'd suggest bringing this up on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. Perhaps someone responsible for the hid code will be able to give you an answer as to why this change hasn't happened. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk ___ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
RFE: Switch usbhid.pb_fnmode to 2 for Macbook Pro users
Hello, It would appear Macbook Pro users need to additionally press the fn key to make F1 - F10 work as expected under Linux. Therefore to switch to a vt they have to perform a wierd kind of hand twister to get it to work as it now requires Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F1. Macbook user Alexey Kuznetsov wrote to me and said: To solve this problem i send echo "2" to /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode every time on boot. But i this is a good idea to set this feature by default for all fedora 7 users. I solve it by small startup service here is ti: #!/bin/bash # # chkconfig: 12345 90 01 # description: fix apple fn keys . /etc/init.d/functions echo "2">/sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode action "Starting the Mac Function keys fix:" to which I replied: " ... you can also just add: options usbhid pb_fnmode=2 to modprobe.conf and I think: usbhid.pb_fnmode=2 being added to the kernel parameters as well. I will post an RFE to the fedora-kernel list." Is it possible to enable this by default - the green lizards seem to have done so: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=220266 Cheers Chris -- http://www.chruz.com ___ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
