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I have Ubuntu 14.04 in my Lenovo G500s. I googled and check last of solution but couldnt find how to change fn keys behaviour. I am a Centos user and new on Ubuntu. Please lead me to find place which I can change settings of Fn keys.

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  • Did you have any solution for this on CentOS? Which keys are you trying to modify? – ntninja Aug 01 '15 at 20:24
  • @alexander255 , on CentOS yes. I want to invert ALL Fn keys(I do not want to press fn for F3, F4, F5....etc). For example, if I click F3 it is volume up. However I am a programmer and I want to use F3 for view option... – goGud Aug 01 '15 at 20:26
  • Could you give us any insights on how you archived this behavior on CentOS? – ntninja Aug 01 '15 at 20:29
  • @alexander255 hmm you mean go BIOS... so what if there is no option in BIOS? So it depends on Lenovo programmers.. I think I got it.. Thank you very much – goGud Aug 01 '15 at 20:33
  • I was assuming you where previously using CentOS on the machine with the FN key problem, but I that's not the case I guess? What was the previous operation system on the machine? Could you invert the FN keys there? – ntninja Aug 01 '15 at 20:38
  • @alexander255 Actually.. I bought this pc 1 days ago... So I didnt do it before. – goGud Aug 01 '15 at 20:46

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According to the Lenovo website you may be able to achieve your desired behavior. You also might be able to switch keyboard configuration using FN + Esc. As the decision, which key presses to send to operating system is ultimately made by the Embedded controller of the laptop, there is not a lot that can be done about this by operating system. You may also be able to remap most of the keys using XModMap in the display server but this might not work for all keys and will be some pain to set up.

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  • Fn + Esc is not working and there is no option in BIOS Configuration Tab. As you said there is not a lot about OS. Maybe Lenovo programmer should consider this problem. – goGud Aug 02 '15 at 19:31
  • Definitely ask them! But don't expect too much: You already bought the machine and (as far as they are concerned) are "happy enough" with it (not a warranty case, etc.). Making a big form thread (with some other users) and annoying them until they release an update is usually your only option for this kind of stuff… ;-/ – ntninja Aug 03 '15 at 21:36