https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462736
User alpha096@virginbroadband.com.au added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462736#c10
Scott Couston changed:
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Status|NEEDINFO |NEW
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--- Comment #10 from Scott Couston 2008-12-30 23:39:14 MST ---
Hold the Phone!!! - This keyboard has a very special feature called a Function
Lock Key and the default is OFF - When it is engaged all the function keys work
as function keys should with normal keyboard calls.
When I dis-engage the Function Lock the Function keys assume produce their Face
Print on the Function Key. Example F12 - face key == 'Print", F5 - face Key is
'Open' - All the non-standard calls are O/S specific and proprietary to MS I
think. Without the Function Key Lock engaged they call their face printed
value.
Pity the Default in OFF. Its a bit like WordPerfect 5.1 - DOS gone horribly
wrong ;-)
The Keys SysRq,Scrlock, Pause/Break are all standard calls - there has been no
modification made to their standard usage.
*The Sleep, Log Off Keys are useless.
*The Mail, Web, Calculator buttons - I would have expected the Web and Mail
Keys to work as I thought they would call the default application that is
software configured. In the Normal Internet Keyboard they all work correctly.
*The raise volume/lower volume and mute keys do not work - Not even the
standard Internet Keyboard keys work either in this respect.
*The 'My Favorite' key and associated 1,2,3,4,5 have an unknown use and I am
not fussed.
*I have no Idea what the Zoom up/down toggle switch is suppose to do and am no
fussed.
If you want to pursue any of the above marked keys (*) - please re-instate
needinfo and now I know how to use xev I can offer you reliable info on the
other (*) keys.
Otherwise I am happy for you to close this bug - I just love the feel of the
Keyboard - Its almost as good as the first 'real' PS2 Keyboard that came with
IBM PC's of the sane name.
No we all have learned something about a potential new Key that may be a
standard of M.S Keyboards to come - The Function Lock Key - As I said its like
good old WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS BUT horribly screwed up - Typical!
Happy New Year when it arrives at you part of the world - I am GMT+10
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