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Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Lost linkage to volume control keys
Date 2018-06-05 13:21 +1200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <pf4oiv$1ki4$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)
References <pf4fpc$skc$1@panix2.panix.com> <pf4m0j$hmb$1@reader1.panix.com>

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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.

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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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