keyboard problem

[lconrad at laymusic.org (Laura Conrad)]

>>>>> "j" == jbk  <jbk at mail2.gis.net> writes:

    j> Laura Conrad wrote:
    >> On my shiny new Thinkpad laptop, the numlock key doesn't seem to work
    >> under linux.   There isn't a separate numeric keypad, but numlock is
    >> supposed to turn some of the letters into numbers so that you can
    >> enter numbers the way you do with a keypad.  Instead, the letters do
    >> stop entering letters, but they don't seem to start entering numbers.
    >> (also the numlock led doesn't seem to work).
    >> 
    >> 
    >> 
    j> Try this.

    j> Put the keyboard in caps lock so you are typing all CAPS THEN HOLD THE
    j> SHIFT KEY AND PRESS NUMLOCK THEN WHILE HOLDING THE SHIFT KEY DOWN TYPE
    j> THE SPECIAL NUMBERED KEYS WHICH ARE (JKL, UIO, 789), ON MY T23
    j> . 1234567890 This is a little inconvenient, since you probably don't
    j> want to have both hands on the same keyboard, but that is as far as I
    j> have gotten on my own. Try it and let me know if you get the same
    j> behavior.

With the shift pressed and caps lock off, I get the numbers.   As you
say, this isn't what I need, but I'm sure it's a useful piece of
information for fixing whatever config file is screwed up.


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