Comments on: Slim Aluminum Apple Keyboard with Ubuntu Hardy Heron

By: snio

snio — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:26:14 +0000

http://www.hlcsuperstore.com/computers_laptop-parts_laptop-

keyboards.html

By: Victor Wibisono

Victor Wibisono — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:47:13 +0000

I’ve had the some problem with my function keys of my mac keyboard on Kubuntu. But this website helped me to fix it. Here’s the website: http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/2009/01/fixing-the-function-keys-on-the-apple-keyboard-in-ubuntu/

Hope it’s useful!

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:37:15 +0000

Nice,

here is another piece of info i found useful given that the “” key was in the wrong place : http://www.e-tip.net/blog/2009/04/28/apple-aluminium-slim-usb-keyboard-ubuntu-904-and-incorrectly-swapped-keys/

By: Linus

Linus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:45:41 +0000

This doesn’t seem to work with the mini keyboard.

By: Fixing the function keys on the Apple Keyboard in Ubuntu | tail -f findings.out

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:39:01 +0000

[...] found a comment on this page that said the fix for the function keys [...]

By: Brian K. White

Brian K. White — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:24:39 +0000

For Jaunty the names of things changed a little.

You can have both old & new forms in your config so that it will work on whatever kernel you are booting. There are (at least) 2 possible places to edit, whichever you like.
The modprobe way is cleaner & more organized, but the sysfs way doesn’t require rebuilding initramfs.

The modprobe.d way:
create a file /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf
add these lines:
# Set default mode for Fn keys on Apple keyboard. # see also/instead: /etc/sysfs.conf # valid values 1 or 2. effect is hardware dependant. # intrepid or earlier: options hid pb_fnmode=2 # jaunty: options hid_apple fnmode=2

then update initramfs:
update-initramfs -k `uname -r` -u

sysfs way:
edit /etc/sysfs.conf
add these lines:
# Fix default Fn key behavior on Apple keyboards. # see also/instead: /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf # valid values 1 or 2. effect is hardware dependant. # this version is for Intrepid or earlier module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode = 2 # this version is for Jaunty module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode = 2

By: Bruno

Bruno — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:57:16 +0000

Great! Its work for the numpad and functions key by allan.
But im from brazil and i cant using ~ ç á correctly =/

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:26:20 +0000

I also have one of these keyboards and managed to reverse the Fn key to allow the F1 – F12 buttons to act normally. I simply added the following line to my /etc/rc.local and rebooted.

echo 2 > /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode

Now this keyboard is nearly perfect under Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex.

Al.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:20:11 +0000

THANK you!!! My keyboard was working just great until I pressed the “clear” key and then no more. I tested the keyboard on another computer and it worked just find so I knew it had to be a system thing. I would have never figured this one out. Thanks!

By: Carsten

Carsten — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:08:21 +0000

You made my day!! I even thought of deinstalling Ubuntu. Thanks a ton!