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Yes, all those extra keys work with OpenSolaris and OpenIndiana. Alas, they don't produce any scan codes with Linux. They are located in a separate area on the left, so they don't disturb your workflow.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19683-01/806-6642/images/BR.unix....

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They seem to work fine with RHEL 5 and Sun Type 6 keyboards. We do this at work on our systems. We just remap the keycodes to F keys. Something like xmodmap -e 'keycode 232 = F13' for the Stop key.

That's probably because I'm using Sun Type 5 with mini-din convertor to USB. Under OpenIndiana these keys work fine, but aren't working on Linux. Must be some driver specifics. Type 6 and Type 7 work better indeed, but they are not so ergonomic as Type 5 for some reason.

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