[Fwd: Dell Inspiron 8000 Fn key not working]

[Simon Wong <sjpwongbulk@bigpond.com>]

Sorry, please don't reply to the previous email - D'OH!!

> Hi all!
> 
> After a recent BIOS update to A20 (I did all the ones in between as
> well) my blue Fn key no longer gets passed through to the BIOS.
> 
> I used to be able to pull up the battery status (Fn-F3) and enter the
> setup (Fn-F1) etc but now it does nothing.
> 
> xev reports the same keycode for the button with or without the Fn key
> pressed e.g. Fn-F1 returns keycode 67 as does F1 by itself.
> 
> I am using Gnome and X4.1.
> 
> It used to work with A17 but I don't really want to go back as the
> temp/fan control seems to be better with this BIOS.
> 
> Has anyone seen this problem and know a way to get it to work again??!
> 
> TIA.


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