misc/180497: kbdcontrol cannot override function keys < 65

[Kip Coul]

>Number:         180497
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       kbdcontrol cannot override function keys < 65
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 12 15:30:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kip Coul
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.1 amd64
>Organization:
Medlo
>Environment:
FreeBSD freebsd 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825: Tue Dec  4 09:23:10 UTC 2012     root at farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>Description:
The kbdcontrol utility can be used to define specific values for the function keys. See here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=atkbd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html

It is stated that the function keys can be overridden using
kbdcontrol -f # s

where '#' is a number from 1 to 96 and 's' is a string that will be outputted.

When '#' is between 65 and 96 (unassigned functions), this works.
However, this does not work for functions keys between 1 and 64!
>How-To-Repeat:
Type
kbdcontrol -f 1 "string"

then click F1 on your keyboard and see that "string" is not displayed.
>Fix:


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