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jalu

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Registered: 2009-04-05

Posts: 140

Swapping Function and Control keys on a Lenovo Laptop

Lenovo laptops reverse the usual positions of the Function and Control keys (see this photo). It seems like a minor problem, but it is very frustrating.

How can I swap these keys? I have tried various xmodmap configurations (some based on the examples provided in the manual and some based on this eerily similar question), but nothing seems to work.

Additional information

• Fn keycode: 151, Fn name: XF86WakeUp

• Left Control keycode: 37, Left Control name: Control_L

Thanks in advance, best community ever.

keenerd

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Registered: 2007-02-22

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Re: Swapping Function and Control keys on a Lenovo Laptop

Reboot.

Enter the bios.

Select swap Fn and Control.

Ponder why you got a Thinkpad, then (optionally) swap them back.

jalu

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Registered: 2009-04-05

Posts: 140

Re: Swapping Function and Control keys on a Lenovo Laptop

Ponder why you got a Thinkpad, then (optionally) swap them back.

Free laptop from work. The hardware interface isn't great, but I'm not complaining. :-)

Anyway, that worked beautifully. Thanks for the tip!