Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-12-02, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Mick wrote: > > >>> 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 > > That pretty much sucks. Is that configurable sowewhere? > > > -- just turn it off with the key > > The Numlock key doesn't work with the 3.5 kernel. > > > -- I am pretty sure even your laptop has such a simulated key. > > My keyboard does have a numlock key, but it doesn't turn numlock on/off > with the 3.5 kernel. At least with 3.6 kernel and above, the numlock key does work -- I am using a desktop with the regular keyboard. So I wonder if you go to 3.6 will it be any better? -- 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] Re: kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-12-02, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: >> I think numlock is on by default in newer kernels > > That pretty much sucks. Is that configurable sowewhere? > This is not my experience. I'm using 3.5.* everywhere and haven't had this problem on any machine to date. numlock is off by default on all machines as best I can tell. /etc/init.d/numlock on/off will change the state of the lights on my keyboard. Have you tried that? I didn't know that OpenRC had added numlock control but it's there and documented in a Gentoo Wiki. HTH, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-12-02, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> /etc/init.d/numlock on/off will change the state of the lights on my >> keyboard. Have you tried that? > > On my system it's start/stop rather than on/off. You can also just use > the setleds utility directly, but either is hard to do, Yes, of course you're right about start/stop. I was just writing a response from memory and stupidly not testing anything. Anyway, you got the idea. Glad you found the kernel dev thread and reported the info back. Thanks! Cheers, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 21:08:23 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > You can also just use > the setleds utility directly, but either is hard to do, > > keyboard doesn't allow you to enter the letters u,i,o,p,j,k,l,m :) set[tab][tab][tab]... :) -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 25: New York culture signature.asc Description: PGP signature
