Re: Multi cons support has disappeared (on Alder Lake) was: Alt+Fn isn't functional. Has this been removed?
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:33:20 UTC
On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 10:51:10PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > .... > I have a T16 and ran into that issue. It may be that BIOS changes have > broken things, but I found that, by default, the F keys control volume, > screen brightness, and many other things. I can use Fn+F[1-12] to perform > traditional function key functions. I found that bios has an option to make > the traditional functions the default which is how I am running today and > have since shortly after I purchased the computer. One I set that BIOS > option, everything worked "properly". I now use Fn+F[1-12] to adjust volume > and screen brightness. I hope to get mute to work, but I need to figure out > which event is set when Fn+F1 is pressed to write trivial devd support for > it. Another approach (for making use of quasi-random keys scattered across a keyboard) is to utilize x11/xbindkeys (at least, within an X11 environment). > .... Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Alexey Navalny was a courageous man; Putin has made him a martyr. See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.