new wirted apple keyboard

papierschiff · 2009-03-28 19:37:45

hello,
i bought the new apple keybaord (the alu slim and wired keyboard).

the problem ist, the fn-key doesn't work. the fn key givs no keycode (tested with xev) and FN+F1-F12 key wors not.

i don't know why. i have also the big alu apple keyboard, with the fn-key on the delete-key. and their the fn key works, why not on the slim?

has somebody an idea?

lg
papierschiff

skottish · 2009-03-28 19:49:44

Check this thread out. It gets to the function keys thing pretty quick.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/201887

papierschiff · 2009-03-28 21:04:33

skottish wrote:

Check this thread out. It gets to the function keys thing pretty quick.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/201887

thats the big slim apple keyboard (with numeric keypad). compare: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB110LL/A and http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB869LL/A

and i have no problems with the big one, only with the newer smaller one.

.:B:. · 2009-03-28 22:23:02

If yours is like mine (I have a wireless Apple keyboard) then you'll probably have the same Fn keys behaviour. Apple has set the keys to perform like multimedia keys by default (!).

So your actual F1-F12 output will only be generated by using Fn+Fx keys . It takes some to get used to (I think it can be convenient, unless you use lots of key combinations with regular Fx keys).

If you want the regular behaviour, you need to load the driver with a special parameter:

options hid_apple fnmode=2

Put that in /etc/modprobe.conf, reload the driver, and it should work fine.

papierschiff · 2009-03-28 22:39:02

hej, thanks for your reply.
hm, the wireless and the wirred keyboard works different? i have no problems with the F1-F-12 key, they all work (only on the big wired keyboard the fn+F-key behavios is like your wireless keyboard)
but i would be happy, if i could also use something like FN + directory keys (is pake up / down in mac), or i would be happy to use the F-key with the double behavior like forward, play, pause, louder, ... i hope my english isn't too bad so you can understand me.

the problem is, at the moment i have a key (fn) on my keyboard but i can't use it, and so i can't use some features of this keybaord.

.:B:. · 2009-03-28 22:51:29

You mean the arrow keys?

I can use the arrow keys with Fn as Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys...

papierschiff · 2009-03-28 23:38:53

yes, and i want this too. but i haven'd the wireless keyboard, and i don't know why its different or what i do wrong..

.:B:. · 2009-03-29 19:24:41

Can you show xev output for the arrow keys? With Fn combinations (if applicable) and without, preferely pastebinned.

papierschiff · 2009-03-29 19:34:40

there is no difference (up + FN = same output)

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x4e00001,
root 0xd1, subw 0x0, time 41432358, (-5,607), root:(806,632),
state 0x0, keycode 98 (keysym 0xff52, Up), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False

.:B:. · 2009-03-30 08:34:52

This is the latest generation right? It looks inda pesky indeed... I'll see if google turns up something, it intrigues me.

__void__ · 2009-07-04 21:34:27

Hi, I'm having the exact same problem with a latest generation Apple Aluminum Mini Keyboard (Wired). Fn + Keys doesn't send a different scancode.

papierschiff · 2009-07-04 22:11:19

__void__ wrote:

Hi, I'm having the exact same problem with a latest generation Apple Aluminum Mini Keyboard (Wired). Fn + Keys doesn't send a different scancode.

which kernel do you run? here 2.6.30 and for me it works! via xev i can see that fn + F-key ist different to fn-key. fn + arrow-keys works also fine i am now happy with it, becouse now i have pagedown/up, begin and end via fn + arrow....

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new wirted apple keyboard

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