misc/180740: kbdcontrol cannot override function keys for console

[Rich Naill]

>Number:         180740
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       kbdcontrol cannot override function keys for console
>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:   Mon Jul 22 17:30:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rich Naill
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.1 i386
>Organization:
Enterprise Systems Inc
>Environment:
FreeBSD l0145.horrocks 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 10 12:25:55 E
DT 2013 root at l01045:/sys/i386/compile/MYKERNEL i386
>Description:
kbdcontrol -f # string
# is function key number 1=F1
string if data when key is struck
kbdcontrol -f 1 test
type F1 KEY should give "test"
Worked in 4.X and 7.4
>How-To-Repeat:
enter kbdcontrol -f 1 "test"
then hit F1 key and see test is not displayed
>Fix:


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