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Re: Numlock in KDE / Gnome?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 22 Jun 2000 05:25:38 GMT
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Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote:
> I have trouble believing this, but as far as I can tell (and I asked several
> people who know more than I) there is no good way, short of patching the
> code. Apparently, the numlock key acts as a modifier in X, and it might
> somehow confuse some old programs if it's on.
missed the first message about this, but 'setleds' seems like it would
do the trick. try adding '/usr/bin/setleds -D +num' to your x startup
script. or am i .. missing a deeper question that was in the original
message? :)
--
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much,
and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so
much power.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
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| (...) I have trouble believing this, but as far as I can tell (and I asked several people who know more than I) there is no good way, short of patching the code. Apparently, the numlock key acts as a modifier in X, and it might somehow confuse some (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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