Re: [tlug] Ubuntu Gnome raves

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com>]

On 5 December 2015 at 11:38, steve <sjs@example.com> wrote:
> On 12/04/2015 04:27 PM, Jim Breen wrote:
>>
>> Turns out I needed Fn-F7. (Duh)
>
> Interesting...  On my acer 255/ubuntu 12.04/gnome legacy fn-f7 turns the
> cursor off/on and on my old gateway workstation/ubuntu 14.04/gnome legacy
> f6/f7 give hiragana/katakana.  Same on the acer.  The gateway keyboard
> doesn't have a function key so I don't know what that would mean for moving
> to 15.

Ditto on my ageing 10.04 system on a Compaq CQ61. That's why I was surprised
I needed Fn-F7. I guess it's probably something to do with the keyboard driver.

Jim

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Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University