10.4.8 killed my keyboard buttons

On my iMac G4 20" I have now lost the ability to control the volume or eject a CD from the keyboard. This problem isn't true for my PowerBook G4 which I updated at the same time.
Does anyone have any suggestions to resolve this probem as it's bleeding annoying.
Marky

I haven't installed 10.4.8 yet, but in 10.4.7, go to System Preferences:Keyboard and Mouse:Keyboard, then look at, and toggle-a-few-times the "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software features"-checkbox, and make sure it is un-checked.
On portables, with this setting, one must hold-down the "fn"-keyboard-key and hit a function-key(F1-F12), to affect an application. If you don't hold-down the "fn"-keyboard-key, and type a function-key(F1-F12), you get-to-control hardware-features (for example, the "F12"-keyboard-key on some Mac laptops does an "Eject").
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