Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread covici
Bruce Hill 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 o

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread Bruce Hill
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 caus

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread Bruce Hill
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 a

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread covici
Mick 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 k

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread Mick
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

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-01 Thread Yohan Pereira
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 sshin

[gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-01 Thread Grant Edwards
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