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oboenerd

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From: Right behind you.

Registered: 2012-08-15

Posts: 52

[SOLVED] Changing USB device option in /sys at boot

'Sup!

I'm using a Macbook Pro and I would like to have my function keys default to F1-F12 rather than the media buttons.  This can be done using

echo 2 > /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode

However, I would like to find a neat and tidy way to do this on boot, and systemd's docs are generally not that well written.  What can I do?

Last edited by oboenerd (2013-04-11 11:13:44)

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lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: [SOLVED] Changing USB device option in /sys at boot

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … rary_files

oboenerd

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From: Right behind you.

Registered: 2012-08-15

Posts: 52

Re: [SOLVED] Changing USB device option in /sys at boot

I have already tried writing to /etc/tmpfiles.d/applekbd.conf:

w /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode - - - - 2

But nothing happened.

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65kid

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-01-26

Posts: 663

Re: [SOLVED] Changing USB device option in /sys at boot

"modinfo hid_apple" tells me that the module has a parameter for this, so this should be the best approach:

# /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf
options hid_apple fnmode=2

oboenerd

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From: Right behind you.

Registered: 2012-08-15

Posts: 52

Re: [SOLVED] Changing USB device option in /sys at boot

KO!
Perfect!
You Win!

Worked like a charm.  Thanks!

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