Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail 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. Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1528162064 26291 166.84.1.1 (5 Jun 2018 01:27:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 01:27:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:117022 In article , Your Name wrote: >On 2018-06-05 00:37:39 +0000, Brian Gordon said: >> In article <040620181855143735%nospam@nospam.invalid>, >> nospam wrote: >>> In article , Brian Gordon >>> 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 + -------------------------------------------------------------------------------