Update: I got it, the keyboard layout is unusable for me and I sold it within two days.
I got to type on a Dell Mini the other day and mine should arrive in a week or two. I noticed it doesn’t have an F11 or F12 key. The omission of F11 seems poorly thought through. With only 1024×600 resolution, it’s nice to fullscreen things. Many applications use F11 as the default full screen toggle. Firefox, Rhythmbox, Songbird, Gnome-Terminal all use F11 to name a few.
So this raises the question, is there an easy way to change another Fkey to be F11? Anyone else have solutions?
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I have Ubuntu running on my mini. I did assign the windows (Super) key to be full screen toggle in keyboard shortcuts but that was interfering with my other shortcuts. I am still on the look out for a better key combination atm.
I think the way X processes key strokes is a little wrong. It seems to listen to the key down action, not a full press.
HTHs,
Whytey
October 23, 2008 @ 2:47 pm
The possibility I chose:
Create a .Xmodmap file (or use the one you created before, if you did so):
Open a terminal in your home directory and type
xmodmap -pke > .Xmodmap
then open that newly created file in your preferred editor and search the lines where the function keys are defined (… = F10, etc.) and change “F10″ to “F11″ and “F11″ to “F10″.
You won’t have the F10 key anymore, but I do not use this key anyway. After logging out and back in you will be asked if the system should use the self created xmodmap file. That’s it.
Now you can toggle fullscreen by hitting F10 (in combination with the function key)
October 24, 2008 @ 8:01 am
The Windows key is the default button assigned to toggled between regular/fullscreen in Ubuntu. So far my applications have been limited to firefox, oo, and other basic stuff, so it really hasn’t been a problem.
My biggest complaint is the reassignment of the quotation/apostrophe key… I still can’t get it right.
October 29, 2008 @ 8:29 am
Install the latest firmware for the Mini 9, version A02. It adds F11 (Fn-Z) and F12 (Fn-X).
November 22, 2008 @ 9:23 am
use system/settings/session to create a new start command.
Example:
title: add-F11-key
command: xmodmap -e “keycode 115 = F11″
The command remaps the win key to F11.
My dell mini losts its win-key mapping after software actualisation.
January 21, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
@John Thanks for the heads up on that. Really helps.
February 12, 2009 @ 6:32 pm
@John : Many thanks ! works like a charm
September 15, 2009 @ 12:32 am