usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly

[Steven Noonan]

The following reply was made to PR usb/144414; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Steven Noonan <steven at uplinklabs.net>
To: perryh at pluto.rain.com
Cc: freebsd-usb at freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:26:19 -0700

 On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Steven Noonan <steven at uplinklabs.net> wrot=
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 > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Steven Noonan <steven at uplinklabs.net> wr=
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 >> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:36 PM, =C2=A0<perryh at pluto.rain.com> wrote:
 >>> Steven Noonan <steven at uplinklabs.net> wrote:
 >>>> Interestingly, my tilde key doesn't work either (though the key
 >>>> press is detected, no character shows when the key is pressed).
 >>>
 >>> Any chance it is configured as a "dead" key? =C2=A0If you press
 >>> tilde followed by n do you get an n with a tilde over it?
 >>>
 >>
 >> Nope. It simply does nothing in the console.
 >>
 >> But in X11, it does something very odd. Shift+Tilde Key gives me '>',
 >> and Tilde Key gives me '<'. And Alt+Tilde gives me... What? I don't
 >> even know what action. It's grabbing some arbitrary command in my
 >> .bash_history. It gave me the first item in my .bash_history the first
 >> time I tried it. Then I tried an arbitrary command ("echo"), and then
 >> Alt+Tilde gave me the second command in my .bash_history. Whaa?
 >>
 
 Any more ideas/news on this from anyone?
 
 The tilde key thing is especially irritating.
 
 - Steven