misc/187069: kbdcontrol will not define "F" keys on console F1-F12

[Richard Naill]

>Number:         187069
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       kbdcontrol will not define "F" keys on console F1-F12
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 25 20:30:00 UTC 2014
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Richard Naill
>Release:        i386 10.o
>Organization:
Enterprise Systems Inc
>Environment:
FreeBSD horrocks.entprs 10.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #4: Mon Feb 24 10:09:0
8 EST 2014     root at horrocks.entprs:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MYKERNEL  i386
>Description:
Cannot define console function keys F1-F12 with new values.
can still define function keys SHIFT F1-F12 and CTRL F1-F12 and SHIFT CTRL F1-F12

Just not basic F1-F12

Worked ok in i386 versions 7.4 and older


>How-To-Repeat:
$ kbdcontrol -f 1 hello

should redefine F1 function key on console with hello

Hit F1 key should display hello



>Fix:


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