[OpenIndiana-discuss] Procedure for enabling Sun keys

[Jerry Kemp]

Hello Gary,

Thank you for that.

Regardless of OS and HW platform, I pretty much always use either a Sun (or Oracle) type 5 or type 7 keyboard.

Jerry


On 08/07/18 16:53, Gary Mills wrote:
> I'm using a Sun USB keyboard on my OI-hipster system.  It was
> previously a Solaris 11.3 system.  I'd become accustomed to using two
> of the Sun keys of the 10-key cluster at the left side of the Sun
> keyboard.  When I replaced it with the OI-hipster system, those keys
> no longer worked.  They all showed 0xffffff in the Keyboard Shortcuts
> application.
> 
> Here's what I did to restore the Sun keys to operation.  First, I
> started the Keyboard Preferences application.  I selected Layouts.  It
> showed a Sun Type 6/7 USB keyboard.  Then I selected Options, and
> looked for one called Maintain key compatibility with old Solaris
> keycodes.  I enabled that option and then closed the application.  I
> understand that doing this disables the volume control keys on the
> upper right of the keyboard.  Fortunately, I never used those keys.
> 
> Next, I started the Keyboard Shortcuts application.  I selected
> Minimize Window and pressed the Open key on that key cluster.  The
> application showed F17 for that key.  Then, I selected Raise window if
> it's covered ... and pressed the Front key.  The application showed
> F15 for that one.  Then I closed the application.
> 
> After those changes, those two keys did what they used to do before I
> replaced the Solaris 11.3 system.  You could set up shortcuts for more
> of those keys, of course.
> 
>