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[Andrew Flegg <andrew@xxxxxxxx>]

@Frédéric Grosshans:

It's a mis-feature at best. Ubuntu isn't OS X, and Apple sell these
keyboards as any other keyboard manufacturer. They are Apple keyboards,
not Mac keyboards; therefore trying to enforce they work like Macs -
when they might well not be being used on Mac hardware, and definitely
not OS X - is at least partially incorrect.

It'd be different if the keys were *obviously*
volume/brightness/dashboard/exposé and not F1, F2, F3 etc. However the
hotkeys and the fn keys are given equal prominence.

The third argument is that not all of the keys have special purposes, so
they should do the base action - function keys without a modifier, first
and foremost.

Switching /sys/module/hid/parameters_pb_fnmode to 2 on non-laptop Apple
keyboards seems like the best solution. Make it then an option for
people who want it to run like OS X.

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Slim USB Apple Keyboard not working correctly..
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201887
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
I have the new Slim USB Apple Keyboard and in Hardy Heron (Beta) when I first boot up the alphabet keys work perfectly, but once I type in the numpad or a number, nothing happens.  After nothing happens I'm not able to use my alpha keys, either..  When I type alphabet keys after trying a number the alphabet keys produce numbers like '4' and '3'..  And many of the keys don't do anything..


I have tried setting the keyboard up as default, and as an Apple keyboard by going to System > Prefs > Keyboard -- but nothing works.

If i then unplug the keyboard to reboot the keys usually work fine until I hit a number key or the keypad again.