Using Apple Keyboard in Linux (Fedora)

My Apple Keyboard

Few Days Ago i received my Apple Keyboard and i am enjoying typing on it, but having to hold down the Fn key then tap one of the F-keys to get F-keys working was irritating.
a simple solution to get it working just add this to your /etc/rc.local file



echo 2 > /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode

and F-keys will start to work properly, enjoy

Update :- update for recent kernels,

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This entry was posted by Ankur Shrivastava on February 19, 2009 at 12:53 am, and is filed under fedora, Life. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

http://lj.rossia.org/~peter_lemenkov/ Peter Lemenkov

Thanks for this tip!
http://allmybrain.com Dennis

I’ve been wishing I had this set up correctly for months. Glad I googled again!

Thanks
Jim

Awesome, thank you!! I was swearing everytime I had to hit function keys. Muscle memory is a hard thing to unlearn
http://ankurs.com Ankur Shrivastava

@all
GLad to be of some help
http://www.academicintl.com Michael Bova

You could also go into System Preferences >> Keyboard & Mouse and uncheck the box for “Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys.”

The wording of that setting is a bit unintuitive in my opinion but this will accomplish what you’re looking for, if I’m understanding you correctly.
http://www.academicintl.com Michael Bova

And I just noticed that you were talking about fedora, not os x. Woops.
http://pdh11.blogspot.com Peter Hartley

Thanks for this! In recent kernels it seems to have moved to /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode, but it was your post that put me on the right track…
http://ankurs.com Ankur Shrivastava

@Michael
hehe it happens

@Peter
thanks for the info, have update the post
Henrik Heqvist

Thanks for the help! Was looking for a solution for that.
Just got mine two days ago. But i cant seem to make it work 100% correctly.

I have the version without the numeric pad and i can’t seem to get the left alt button working. Instead that functionality is bound to the right alt button. Which is a bit of a hassle

Any clue on how to fix that?
http://www.anupsaund.com Anup

You Beauty!

Thanks for posting this up – it really helped me out.
http://ankurs.com Ankur Shrivastava

@Henrik no man no idea about that, i have the old one and this works well, will look into it

@Anup happy to be of some help