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NetBSD comes with XFree 4.5 but there is also newer XFree 4.7 or even later that copes with Intel driver, I do nto have a link, but if you ask about that on NetBSD mailing lists, they will give you links to apriciate packages.
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I have a suspicion that a -current kernel would support it much better. I compiled the new 5 beta kernel and it has support for features like the function buttons and the sound driver works with it where it really doesn't with the 4.0 kernel (also the -current from June I have on my server - this stuff was added first half of this year). I had hoped that the 4.0.1 would include all these new improvements, but I guess it is purely a minor patch upgrade and all the new features are going to go into the 5.0 branch (when will that be released as a stable version!!!).
Any way, I don't really have the inclination at this time to try and get the intel driver working when the vesa driver works good enough for me - I have bigger fish to fry, like trying to get the wireless working and configured. If in future I have need of it, I'll then look into it further.
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Many will do the trick. I just didn't know if one came already installed with a stock X installation.
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Launch xev from the terminal in x11, it will tell you which keys (keycodes) you are pressing, you can map them to commands with xmodmap.
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Thanks. I found a blog entry that describes how to switch the console keys.
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Originally Posted by vermaden
I do not know why they mess thir keyboard with such defects, for example, none of them can be faound on Dell Latitude laptops (CTRL and ESC are where they should be).
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I can understand why the engineers and designers put the F1 key where they did, even if I don't agree with it - but I cannot understand the placement of the function key. Oh well, at least it isn't as bad as engineers have screwed up car designs.