On 06/23/2014 03:20 PM, JD wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Laing, Robin > <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On 2014-06-22 13:20, JD wrote: > > Using Mate on FC20, with latest updates. > > Cntrl-Alt-F keys never worked from the very first login into > Mate Desktop. > > > > These are the installed mate packages. Am I missing something? > > > > It my be worthwhile to note that at the login screen, > Cntrl-Alt-F keys DO > > WORK!! > > After login, into mate desktop, they stop working. > > > > 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. > > > > > My KB is the laptop's KB (Dell Latitude E6500) > There is no F-Lock key that I can see. > Tried showkey and pressed Cntrl-Alt-F2 > > > # 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)... > > By the above warning, it seems useless to try showkey under X > But here goes .... > > keycode 29 press > keycode 56 press > keycode 60 press > keycode 60 release > keycode 56 release > keycode 29 release > > And still no effect. > > xkeycaps fails to detect my type of keyboard and assumes a 101 key PC > keyboard, > which is not the case. > > The GUI does not allow scrolling the KB type list so I can select the > right KB. > I tried to scroll it with the mouse and with the up/down arrow keys to > not avail. I tried to drage the scroll bar of each columns in the KB > config GUI, > again to no avail. > > maybe modify your keyboard layout?? https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/37617/how-to-change-the-keyboard-layout-permanently/ If you didn't have the graphical way or localectl. You could edit or create the file /etc/locale.conf and if you were en_US.UTF-8 (replace with the Spanish-Latin America equivalent). You would place in /etc/locale.conf LANG="en_US.UTF-8" Also you would edit or create the file /etc/vconsole.conf and if you were in the U.S.A (replace with the Spanish-Latin America equivalent). You would place in /etc/vconsole.conf -- 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
