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  • Re: [SOLVED] Re: Acer Aspire 5 A515-45 touchpad suddenly stopped workin

    From Jeremy Nicoll@21:1/5 to David Wright on Sun Jul 7 11:30:01 2024
    On Sun, 7 Jul 2024, at 01:56, David Wright wrote:

    To answer the question in the rant, "why the f* does this button
    exist"...

    A more fundamental issue can be that some machines have an
    option in the BIOS that dictates whether keys (mostly but not
    exclusively the F1-F12 ones) which have alternate "Fn+" actions
    will either

    - by default issue the F1-F12 action, but need you to press "Fn"
    as well to get the other action

    - the opposite

    People who are not programmers typically want the brightness,
    volume, play, rewind etc actions most of the time and rarely if
    ever want F1-F12 codes.

    --
    Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.

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  • From Steinar Bang@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 17 11:00:01 2024
    Keith Bainbridge <[email protected]>:

    Have you considered changing the bios so that the Fn keys need the Fn
    key to alter the screen and touchpad and for that matter sound
    settings etc accidently. It means the Fn keys will also function what
    was considered normally for decades.

    Can't say I have... considered changing the bios, that is...

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