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 1864944 for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:12:30 -0400 To: "eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List" Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:12:29 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "Carl Gehr" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] Fn+Fxx Keys: General view of missing function Message-ID: On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:26:10 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >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. Done... Carl