Comment 45 for bug 201887
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| Edwin Erdmanis (edwin-erdmanis) wrote Re: Slim USB Apple Keyboard not working correctly.. | #45 |
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Just upgraded from 7.10 to 8.04 LTS release version and when it came up had no working keyboard... disappointing. I have the slim, aluminium, full-length wired Apple USB keyboard. I am running AMD64 on a standard PC.
Followed the workaround using a PS2 keyboard to switch off numlock and now have working alpha-numeric keys. Then followed the kb layout instructions to get working keypad. Without a spare keyboard, I can disable numlock by pressing the <F6> key twice in 'problem' mode.
All keys work now but:
*Function keys (F1, F2 etc.) don't work unless <fn> key is held down, which is a serious problem
*Eject key registers, that is eject symbol appears on screen, but drive does not eject
*Volume keys are sluggish and take between 2-10 seconds to register a response(but are useless to me anyway since my master volume control does nothing on my Asus M2N-SLi motherboard)
It is surprising to me that this problem flowed into the release version, seeing as it has been known about since March 13th.
Under Ubuntu 7.10 the eject key worked, the volume keys did not work(but I don't need them anyway) and the function keys worked how they should work, on a normal keyboard.
100% agree with ChaseNeveu regarding problem summary, just would like to add that if a custom behaviour is planned for this full length keyboard:
1) It would be nice to disable the numlock function of the <clear> key, and if possible, allow the <clear> key to "clear" entries in programs such as Calculator
2) Allow the <=> equals key to map to the alpha-numeric equals, or enter, or something else, to actually display an answer in Calculator.