Bug 833601 - Gateway lt4004u Netbook inverted function key behavior
Summary: Gateway lt4004u Netbook inverted function key behavior
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-06-19 20:50 UTC by Dave Kline
Modified: 2012-10-04 00:04 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-10-04 00:04:00 UTC
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Description Dave Kline 2012-06-19 20:50:19 UTC 
Description of problem:
Apologies for the title.  This is a tough-to-express bug.  The keyboard function keys (f1, f2, etc) will not register their label unless pressing the "Fn" button.  Without pressing the "Fn" button, the keys will issue their hardware purpose, IE, wifi kill, monitor controls, audio, etc.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 17 fully updated.

How reproducible:
Pressing f3 for example will disable/enable wifi.  If you'd like to issue a normal f3, you have to press "Fn+f3".  This is true in console as well as GNOME.  
  
Expected results:
Swap the behavior of function keys + the "Fn" button.

Additional info:
I believe this behavior is handled via the acer_wmi kernel module for this netbook. No change when booted with "acpi_osi=Linux" for this issue or BZ833597.
Comment 1 Dave Kline 2012-10-04 00:04:00 UTC 
Gateway's LT40 1.08 bios enables an option to specify the behavior of the function keys.  This option toggles whether they're special or are simply function keys.
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