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Righard

Member

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2007-12-13

Posts: 29

Changing the default behaviour of the 'fn-key' on an apple keyboard

If you use an apple keyboard in Arch you have to hold the 'fn-key' to be able to use the function keys.. This default behaviour results in countless hospital admissions for dislocated fingers each year. By people who merely wanted to switch to a different terminal.

Putting this in you /etc/profile might just save your fingers;

if [ -f /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode ]; then
    echo 2 > /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode
else
    echo 2 > /sys/module/hid/holders/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode

fi

Cheers,
Righard

bloodniece

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From: Behind a computer

Registered: 2008-10-03

Posts: 25

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Re: Changing the default behaviour of the 'fn-key' on an apple keyboard

Thank you for this. I was starting to get really good at that key press combo.