Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 06:39:16 Yohan Pereira wrote: On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 3:05:21 Grant Edwards wrote: I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it maps the numeric keypad to the right-hand home position (J-1, K-2, L-3, U-4, etc.). After sshing into the machine and booting back into 3.2, everything is fine again. There must have been a new kernel setting that I missed when I did a make oldconfig which defaults to an unusable settings. I haven't been able to come up with a Google search that provides anything remotely relevent. Does anybody recognize this problem? Is this a laptop? with no num pad? On my laptop the numpad is mapped to the keys like you described, so when Num Lock is toggled those keys function as the num pad. You can check if rc-update -s -v | grep numlock (or rc-status -s | grep numlock) shows it being set, otherwise add it to see if this makes a difference. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 06:39:16 Yohan Pereira wrote: On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 3:05:21 Grant Edwards wrote: I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it maps the numeric keypad to the right-hand home position (J-1, K-2, L-3, U-4, etc.). After sshing into the machine and booting back into 3.2, everything is fine again. There must have been a new kernel setting that I missed when I did a make oldconfig which defaults to an unusable settings. I haven't been able to come up with a Google search that provides anything remotely relevent. Does anybody recognize this problem? Is this a laptop? with no num pad? On my laptop the numpad is mapped to the keys like you described, so when Num Lock is toggled those keys function as the num pad. You can check if rc-update -s -v | grep numlock (or rc-status -s | grep numlock) shows it being set, otherwise add it to see if this makes a difference. I think numlock is on by default in newer kernels -- just turn it off with the key -- I am pretty sure even your laptop has such a simulated key. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 06:23:52AM -0500, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: I think numlock is on by default in newer kernels -- just turn it off with the key -- I am pretty sure even your laptop has such a simulated key. Where do you get numlock as a kernel option? It is a BIOS option, but afaik not a kernel module. -- Happy Penguin Computers ') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 08:06:43AM +, Mick wrote: You can check if rc-update -s -v | grep numlock (or rc-status -s | grep numlock) shows it being set, otherwise add it to see if this makes a difference. -- Regards, Mick Though there is no /etc/conf.d/numlock, Mick's post caused me to read /etc/init.d/numlock ... interesting. So if your rc-update -s -v | grep numlock shows numlock but no runlevel, you can determine from the aforementioned file how it got turned on. -- Happy Penguin Computers ') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 06:23:52AM -0500, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: I think numlock is on by default in newer kernels -- just turn it off with the key -- I am pretty sure even your laptop has such a simulated key. Where do you get numlock as a kernel option? It is a BIOS option, but afaik not a kernel module. All I know is, that when I boot with kernel 3.6 or above, numlock is on and I have to turn it off, whereas with my 3.4 kernel I do not have to do this. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
[gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it maps the numeric keypad to the right-hand home position (J-1, K-2, L-3, U-4, etc.). After sshing into the machine and booting back into 3.2, everything is fine again. There must have been a new kernel setting that I missed when I did a make oldconfig which defaults to an unusable settings. I haven't been able to come up with a Google search that provides anything remotely relevent. Does anybody recognize this problem? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! I represent a at sardine!! gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 3:05:21 Grant Edwards wrote: I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it maps the numeric keypad to the right-hand home position (J-1, K-2, L-3, U-4, etc.). After sshing into the machine and booting back into 3.2, everything is fine again. There must have been a new kernel setting that I missed when I did a make oldconfig which defaults to an unusable settings. I haven't been able to come up with a Google search that provides anything remotely relevent. Does anybody recognize this problem? Is this a laptop? with no num pad? On my laptop the numpad is mapped to the keys like you described, so when Num Lock is toggled those keys function as the num pad. -- - Yohan Pereira The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain
