I found a Gentoo-forum question that solved my problem. It says that VNC does not set the numeric keypad for use. A keyboard mapping for the numeric keypad is given in the article. For those interested, follow the link at
<a href="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=47846";>http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=47846</a> -Scott On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Scott Hyde wrote: > I'm having problems using the number keypad. (Compiled under Gentoo > Linux). The X server is X.org (6.7). The behavior is as follows: > > On the console, the behavior of the NumLock button behaves normally for > the command line and all applications (such as xcalc, openoffice, emacs, > nano, etc.) > > When using VNC to remote the console (vnc.so), or using a regular > vncserver session, the numlock key continues to function normally on the > command line and on Openoffice. However, the keypad does not work for > Emacs, Nano, or other applications (such as notepad.exe under wine, for > example). > > I would assume that since it works on the console, but not under VNC, that > something is needs to be modified to make it work with VNC. Is there a > workaround for this? I tried using the numlockx package that will turn > numlock on and off under X. However, then the all the numbers on the > keypad would work (except for "5") as long as my numlock button was off. > > Could someone help me out with this? > > I did a search on the list and found information about numlock. It said > that it was disabled in VNC. However, I would assume that was the VNC > version 3.x.x. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
