On 06/23/2014 11:16 AM, Laing, Robin wrote: > Is there something that is happening to the keyboard mapping? My > keyboards require a function key to be set to use the Function keys. Is > this being reset when Mate starts? > > > showkey can be used to see if they are working. > > On my keyboard, if the F lock button is not pushed, then the keys send > anything. > > > xkeycaps as well. I ran showkey, and pressed: alt-ctrl-f2-f2 [root@pauls-server ~]# showkey kb mode was ?UNKNOWN? [ if you are trying this under X, it might not work since the X server is also reading /dev/console ] press any key (program terminates 10s after last keypress)... ALT: keycode 28 release keycode 56 press keycode 56 release CTRL: keycode 29 press keycode 29 release F2 ^[OQkeycode 60 press keycode 60 release F3 ^[ORkeycode 61 press keycode 61 release -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org