Lenovo keyboards and the FN key. Still no way to remap?

[NoOp]

On 11/19/2008 09:43 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> In Ubuntu 8.10, there is some hope that the FN key might be remapped
> on the Lenovo laptop.  I have a T61, but from what I can see, all
> Lenovo/IBM think pads have this weird keyboard where the FN and Ctrl
> keys are swapped. This causes a lot of inconvenience for users (just
> google) and there seems to be hope that Lenovo might make a bios
> switch to swap the 2 keys.  Until then, I'm trying to see if I can't
> get it done with xmodmap and I'm having limited success.
> 
[snip good info/detail]
> If you have any evidence that remapping is "impossible", please let me
> know.  I've found a lot of people guessing about the problem, but
> depressingly little actual knowledge.

You might have a look through these:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=t61

Of possible interest:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/281669
[ ThinkPad T61: num lock key generates an input event when turning on,
but not off]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/209906
[t61 keyboard under Hardy (Fn, Menu, ThinkVantage keys)]
<http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_T61>
<http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_8.10_%28Intrepid_Ibex%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61>
<http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Ubuntu_Intrepid_Ibex_on_a_T61p>