Subject: Default value of usbhid.pb_fnmode module parameter From: olh@suse.de References: 220266 Patch-mainline: not yet The kernel default value for usbhid.pb_fnmode is 1, which means that pressing the Fn keys (F1..F10) without the fn key triggers the special functions decrease/increase brightness, mute, decrease/increase volume, etc., which is the default under MacOS. At least under 10.2 Beta2, only the volume related special functions work at all. In addition, Ctrl-Alt-Fx is used to switch between consoles. with pb_fnmode==1, the fn key needs to be pressed in addition. Therefore, pb_fnmode==2 (F1..F10 by default trigger Fn rather than the special functions) makes more sense under Linux. drivers/hid/hid-apple.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ #define APPLE_FLAG_FKEY 0x01 -static unsigned int fnmode = 1; +static unsigned int fnmode = 2; module_param(fnmode, uint, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(fnmode, "Mode of fn key on Apple keyboards (0 = disabled, " "[1] = fkeyslast, 2 = fkeysfirst)");