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

2012-12-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
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 c

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

2012-12-02 Thread Mark Knecht
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 di

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

2012-12-02 Thread Mark Knecht
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 prob

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

2012-12-02 Thread covici
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. > >> > >> Y