[lug] LUG Digest, Vol 120, Issue 8

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Today's Topics:

1. Function keys  quit working (Steve Sullivan)
2. Re: Function keys quit  working (Steve Sullivan)
3. BLUG Meeting Announcement  2013-10-10 (Boulder  Linux)


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Message:  1
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:29:07 -0600
From: Steve Sullivan  <steve.sullivan at mathcom.com>
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject:  [lug] Function keys quit working
Message-ID:  <20131008222907.GA6339 at mathcom.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;  charset=us-ascii

Hi,

All my function keys quit, or got remapped  somehow.
What happened?
I used to be able to map them to vim actions,  but
now after a recent update/upgrade they don't work at all.

Except  now f12 takes a screen shot, leaving a file in
my home dir with a name  like
Screenshot from 2013-10-08 16:04:40.png

I'm running  linux mint 15 cinnamon on an old dell laptop.

I checked preferences /  keyboard / shortcuts, and the various
screenshot shortcuts are all print,  alt+print, shift+print,
etc... nothing mentioning f12.

I tried  running
/lib/udev/findkeyboards
/lib/udev/keymap -i  input/event6

The output is a bit flakey but prints scan codes  for
the alphabetic keys, but nothing for the function keys.

I tried  creating a new user account, in case
I foobared my X11 settings, but the  new user
account has the same troubles.

How can I get the function  keys  back?

Thanks,

Steve



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Message:  2
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 19:26:48 -0600
From: Steve Sullivan  <steve.sullivan at mathcom.com>
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject:  Re: [lug] Function keys quit working
Message-ID:  <20131009012648.GA14245 at mathcom.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;  charset=us-ascii

Wow, what a silly mistake.  Problem solved  ...
new keyboard has a "function lock" key to dis/enable
function  keys.

Sigh.



On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 04:29:07PM -0600,  Steve Sullivan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> All my function keys quit,  or got remapped somehow.
> What happened?
> I used to be able to  map them to vim actions, but
> now after a recent update/upgrade they  don't work at all.
> 
> Except now f12 takes a screen shot,  leaving a file in
> my home dir with a name like
>    Screenshot from 2013-10-08 16:04:40.png
> 
> I'm running linux  mint 15 cinnamon on an old dell laptop.
> 
> I checked preferences  / keyboard / shortcuts, and the various
> screenshot shortcuts are all  print, alt+print, shift+print,
> etc... nothing mentioning f12.
>  
> I tried running
>    /lib/udev/findkeyboards
>   /lib/udev/keymap -i  input/event6
> 
> The output is a bit flakey but prints scan codes  for
> the alphabetic keys, but nothing for the function keys.
>  
> I tried creating a new user account, in case
> I foobared my  X11 settings, but the new user
> account has the same troubles.
>  
> How can I get the function keys back?
> 
>  Thanks,
> 
> Steve
> 
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Steve Sullivan   steve.sullivan at mathcom.com
720-587-7498        http://www.mathcom.com
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Message:  3
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:00:06 -0600
From: Boulder Linux  <boulderlinux at gmail.com>
To: announce at lug.boulder.co.us,  lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: [lug] BLUG Meeting Announcement  2013-10-10
Message-ID:  <20131009140006.3E479159A671 at planchet.hinegardner.org>


http://lug.boulder.co.us/calendar.html

The October Boulder Linux  User Group meeting is coming up.

Talk : Flash  Talks

Speaker : Multiple Speakers

When : 7:15 p.m.  on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 

Where : Applied Trust, 1033 Walnut St,  Bulder, CO 80302

Applied Trust is on  Walnut Street in downtown Boulder. It is
the door just west of Amante Coffee.

Map :  http://lug.boulder.co.us/meetings.html

Parking : Parking on the street  is free after 7pm and there are 2 public
garages on Walnut at $1.25/hour and bike parking on the sidewalk
in front of the office.

Bus :  Less than 2 blocks from Broadway which is served by the Skip busses.
Less than 4 blocks from the Boulder Transit Center  which serves
almost all  routes.


Summary of 'Flash  Talks'
------------------------

This month we will have 4 speakers  each giving a short talk.


Pre meeting  food
----------------

Food will be available at the meeting  location, so please show up around 
6:45 pm
and join us for a bite to eat.  We'll start the meeting about 7:15.


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