From: "Carl Gehr" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account carl.gehr@mcgcg.com HELO Carl-T60) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTPA id 1864878 for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:16:36 -0400 To: "TPad T60/T61 Issues w/eCS MailList" Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:16:35 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "Carl Gehr" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Fn+Fxx Keys: General view of missing function Message-ID: I asked the following question on the Lenovo Forum: >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Lenovo Support Document Title: >How to use the function (Fn) keys on the keyboard - >ThinkPad R60, R60e, R61, T60, T60p, T61, Z61e, Z61m, Z61t > >Document id: MIGR-62714 >Last modified: 2007-06-10 > >Conflicting Statements: >First, it says: >"The following table shows what each function key (Fn) key on >your keyboard is for and how to use them. >Note: > * The Fn key works independently from the operating system." > >But, then later, near the bottom: > >For: Fn + F9 > It says: > "Note: This function is supported only in > Windows 2000 and Windows XP." > >So, which is it???? "...independent of OS..." > or: "...only in Windows..." >[Just for the record, I don't use any flavor of Winxxx.] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ONE response that came back, because I did not mention OS/2-eCS was: >...does that mean you use Linux? If so, this should answer all >your questions: > >http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_get_special_keys_to_work It appears from my very quick look at this page that most of the functions are actually controlled by ACPI. Would it be appropriate to file a ticket indicated that these keys do not function? The page does not appear to be model related, except for some keys that are only applicable to specific models. Carl