On Tue 07 Apr 2020 at 16:35:19 (-0400), Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 4/7/20, Alexis Grigoriou <ale...@nanoid.net> wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-04-08 at 01:40 +0800, kaye n wrote: > >> I was just wondering if there are easier ways to open Thunar file > >> manager as root? > >> > >> Right now what I do is this: > >> > >> Open xfce4-terminal, > >> Execute: sudo thunar > >> Type my password. > > > > You could press Alt-F2 and enter sudo thunar. > > Since I don't use sudo, I can't test if it works. But I can see no > > reason why it shouldn't work. > > I actually tried that myself a little bit ago. It didn't work. The > reason I thought to try it is that I *have* had that work for > something in the past. I'm guessing it maybe worked on either a > different Debian release or different Linux distribution entirely.. > > That ALT+F1, F2... I stopped doing that only with this Dell Inspiron > Duo laptop I'm on. Takes too much coordination of my fingertips > because I have to (keep remembering to) hit Fn+ALT+F2 for it to > function. > > It seems like there's a toggle switch somewhere that triggered a "Hey, > wonder what THAT CHOICE does when you click it?" moment. Whatever that > option is, what it (apparently) does is make you have to toss in that > Fn key on regular occasions that you don't use it for on other > keyboards...
The mode you appear to be describing is selected in the BIOS on this Lenovo laptop, where it's described as HotKey Mode. When enabled, the ✈F7 key, for example, will put the Wireless into airplane mode, and you need to hold down Fn to get the real F7 function. I disable HotKey Mode, so that you have to hold down Fn to get ✈. Cheers, David.
