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| From | briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys |
| Date | Tue, 5 Jun 2018 01:27:44 +0000 (UTC) |
| Organization | Public Access Networks Corp. |
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In article <pf4oiv$1ki4$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: >On 2018-06-05 00:37:39 +0000, Brian Gordon said: >> In article <040620181855143735%nospam@nospam.invalid>, >> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: >>> In article <pf4fpc$skc$1@panix2.panix.com>, Brian Gordon >>> <briang@panix.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Running the latest Mac OS on a MacBook Pro. After several ordeals, including >>>> disk replacement and lots of file recoveries, the sound control keys on the >>>> keyboard (louder/softer/off) no longer work. Other methods work fine, so it >>>> isn't a sound problem, just a S/W linkage issue. >>>> >>>> No Apple hints on function keys seem to address those settings. Restore >>>> Defaults, for example hasn't worked. Suggestions/instructions? >>> >>> system preferences, keyboard pref panel, keyboard tab - >>> is use f1, f2, etc. keys as standard function keys checked or not? >> >> Yes it is checked. That was one of my early hopes. Anything else to check/try? > >That option isn't in my Keyboard preferences (it's third-party Windoze >keyboard), but you probably want it NOT checked. The "standard function >keys" would mean the normal F1, F2, etc. functions rather than the >system control functions. > Unchecking it was the solution. The verbiage in the Keyboard preferences seemed to indicate the opposite, but let's not argue with success. Thanks to the group for the help. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | Brian Gordon -->briang@panix.com<-- brian dot gordon at cox dot net | + bgordon@aol.com Bass: NSC Frank Thorne + -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Lost linkage to volume control keys briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2018-06-04 18:51 -0400
Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-04 18:55 -0400
Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2018-06-05 00:37 +0000
Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-04 20:41 -0400
Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-06-05 13:21 +1200
Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2018-06-05 01:27 +0000
Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2018-06-05 12:31 -0400
Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-05 12:35 -0400
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