From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.100.21]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTPA id 1864893 for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:26:09 -0400 Message-ID: <48051D72.6040402@2rosenthals.com> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:26:10 -0400 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080326 MultiZilla/1.8.3.4e SeaMonkey/1.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] Fn+Fxx Keys: General view of missing function References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 04/15/08 05:16 pm, Carl Gehr thus wrote : > 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. > > I think it just might be prudent to file a ticket on this. -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------