Hi,

I posted earlier regarding an issue with my netbook not having the <>| keys while on Scandinavian layout (Acer Aspire One 532H).

I never use the "Fn" key on any laptop I have and it's especially disposable on this Netbook.

While digging around in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty I've got the fi.map.gz open but unsure as to which is the fn key. How would I find out which maps to the fn key?

Thank you

The xev X utility may be helpful but Fn alone and Fn+<non-Fn key> does not result in xev reporting anything on Samsung N150 netbook -- only Fn+<valid Fn key> results in xev reporting something.

You might have more luck working at a lower level than X.

On most laptop keyboards the `Fn' key does not actually send a keypress. The actual OS does not know that it exists.

I'm talking about having this be mapped from runlevel 3.

If Fn is an issue, lets say I'd remap capslock which I never ever use... where is the best place to do this from?

What is runlevel 3 on your system?

Default no-X

The key is to use a different keymap for runlevel 3 and make sure it is loaded at startup by making the /etc/rc.D/rc.keymap file executable.

If you need an rc.keymap file, look here.

That's Alien Bob's script, and he uses it to load the nl.map (Netherlands). I use a customized key may I call emacs3.map that makes both Alt keys a meta key and makes the Caps Lock key a Control key.

The Linux Keyboard and Console Howtohas great information on modifying keyboard behavior. Chapter 15 has information on loadkeys, the program that actually loads your keyboard map.

Regards,