Re: NUM Lock , Home, End - Patch

2005-09-24 Thread John Hasler
Simo writes: > I haven't tested this "patch", but it might do the trick: I thought the idea was to make each user's choice of numlock setting persist through logouts and reboots. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End - Patch

2005-09-24 Thread Simo Kauppi
John Hasler Wrote: >Bozhan Boiadzhiev writes: >> huh what window manager i didn't use X at all > >Then you'll want to patch all the shells. >-- >John Hasler Hi, I haven't tested this "patch", but it might do the trick: --- /etc/console-tools/config 2005-09-25 01:27:52.0 +0300 +++ /etc

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Marty
John Hasler wrote: Marty writes: Some init scripts use configation files in /etc/default, and I guess the script's stop routine could store the NUMLOCK state upon system shutdown, if that state is accessable from the system. That would set it globally, not for each user. I agree, and I see t

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread John Hasler
Bozhan Boiadzhiev writes: > huh what window manager i didn't use X at all Then you'll want to patch all the shells. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Bozhan Boiadzhiev
Ron Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 19:01 -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:47 PM <...> Sounds like a good reason to file a wishlist bug report. I'd be happy to do so. Where do I file this type o

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 07:27 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Mariusz Kruk wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisał(a): > > > >> Hi > >> last 5 years i've didn't seen any keyboard without this buttons. > >> And they can't be used for andthing else instead of therir main > >> function. > >> Isn't time

RE: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 19:01 -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > > From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:47 PM > > <...> > > > Sounds like a good reason to file a wishlist bug report. > > I'd be happy to do so. Where do I file this type of feature request, and d

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 19:05 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: > > xnumlock > > Don't you mean numlockx? Yes. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Temporarily not of Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Pe

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Kent West
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > PEBKAC? Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair Another common computer problem is the "I.D. Ten-T" issue, more commonly written as ID10T. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 07:27:12AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > PEBKAC? Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair, or user error. Frank -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread John Hasler
Marty writes: > Some init scripts use configation files in /etc/default, and I guess the > script's stop routine could store the NUMLOCK state upon system shutdown, > if that state is accessable from the system. That would set it globally, not for each user. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mariusz Kruk wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisał(a): Hi last 5 years i've didn't seen any keyboard without this buttons. And they can't be used for andthing else instead of therir main function. Isn't time for debian to enable them by default or to provide ability to configure them on install.

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread michael
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 00:45 -0400, Angelo Bertolli wrote: > Marty wrote: > > > John Hasler wrote: > > > >> Marty writes: > >> > >>> I was thinking it should be handled during boot by an init script like > >>> keymap.sh (just a guess). > >> > >> > >> How would that set it correctly for each user? >

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-23 Thread Mariusz Kruk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] napisał(a): Can you be more specific? Because I have all those keys working. Therefore I may only assume PEBKAC you have numlock enabled for every console? and HOME return you in begining of command promt and END in the end? i have to press ctrl+a or ctrl+e Yes, I never had a

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Angelo Bertolli
Marty wrote: John Hasler wrote: Marty writes: I was thinking it should be handled during boot by an init script like keymap.sh (just a guess). How would that set it correctly for each user? Some init scripts use configation files in /etc/default, and I guess the script's stop routine c

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Marty
John Hasler wrote: Marty writes: I was thinking it should be handled during boot by an init script like keymap.sh (just a guess). How would that set it correctly for each user? Some init scripts use configation files in /etc/default, and I guess the script's stop routine could store the NUML

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread John Hasler
Marty writes: > I was thinking it should be handled during boot by an init script like > keymap.sh (just a guess). How would that set it correctly for each user? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > xnumlock Don't you mean numlockx? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread John Hasler
Seth Goodman writes: > If we want Linux to be the ubiquitous OS, and not just for the > cognoscenti, we can't ignore details like this. So file a wishlist bug with a patch. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

RE: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
> From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:47 PM <...> > Sounds like a good reason to file a wishlist bug report. I'd be happy to do so. Where do I file this type of feature request, and do I need to know the name of the package to do it? -- Seth Goodman

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Marty
Ron Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 18:29 -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:10 PM <...> > I never set them, and these keys work for me both in VTs and X apps, > on my Sarge systems. Earlier versions of Debian and X h

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Marty
Seth Goodman wrote: From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:10 PM <...> I never set them, and these keys work for me both in VTs and X apps, on my Sarge systems. Earlier versions of Debian and X had problems like this. Well, my BIOS sets NUMLOCK on, but S

RE: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 18:29 -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > > From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:10 PM > > <...> > > > I never set them, and these keys work for me both in VTs and X apps, > > on my Sarge systems. Earlier versions of Debian and X had probl

RE: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
> From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:10 PM <...> > I never set them, and these keys work for me both in VTs and X apps, > on my Sarge systems. Earlier versions of Debian and X had problems > like this. Well, my BIOS sets NUMLOCK on, but Sarge and Etch b

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Marty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you have numlock enabled for every console? and HOME return you in begining of command promt and END in the end? i have to press ctrl+a or ctrl+e for VC's use setleds for X use numlockx home and end work as expected for me. -matt zagrabelny uhhh i know how to set

RE: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:46 PM <...> > uhhh i know how to set them > but it is very stupid in my opinion > ... > you cant use numlock for anything else.. there are other arrows.. Yes, it is foolish. A certain other OS that none o

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread edmon
> >> you have numlock enabled for every console? >> and HOME return you in begining of command promt and END in the end? >> i have to press ctrl+a or ctrl+e > > for VC's use setleds > for X use numlockx > > home and end work as expected for me. > > -matt zagrabelny uhhh i know how to set them but

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
> you have numlock enabled for every console? > and HOME return you in begining of command promt and END in the end? > i have to press ctrl+a or ctrl+e for VC's use setleds for X use numlockx home and end work as expected for me. -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread edmon
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisał(a): >> Hi >> last 5 years i've didn't seen any keyboard without this buttons. >> And they can't be used for andthing else instead of therir main >> function. >> Isn't time for debian to enable them by default or to provide ability to >> configure them on install. > > C

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Mariusz Kruk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] napisał(a): Hi last 5 years i've didn't seen any keyboard without this buttons. And they can't be used for andthing else instead of therir main function. Isn't time for debian to enable them by default or to provide ability to configure them on install. Can you be more specif

NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread edmon
Hi last 5 years i've didn't seen any keyboard without this buttons. And they can't be used for andthing else instead of therir main function. Isn't time for debian to enable them by default or to provide ability to configure them on install. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]