[ale] My Fn Keys stopped working

[Jim Lynch]

On 09/25/2011 10:07 PM, Joshua Roberts wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> My Fn keys are not working correctly anymore.
>
> I am running mint 11 64-bit.
>
> I came home one day and my Cat had been laying on my keyboard and I
> had dozens if not hundreds of print screen dialogues on my screen.
> Since then they Fn keys have not worked.
>
> Google has little info that is easy to find and the IRC rooms are
> silent when I ask.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts?
>
> Joshua
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I have a F Lock key on my keyboard.  It converts the F1-F12 keys into 
something strange. I have no idea what the purpose is, but when I 
accidentally press it, my function keys stop working.  Perhaps you have 
one too?

Jim.