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#1 2008-02-03 09:57:17

panecillo
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From: Spain
Registered: 2007-07-21
Posts: 44

Strange behaviour of numlock

Hi,

I'm using Arch64, I do a -Syu almost every day.

I'm having some problems with numlock. Suddenly, it started to behave badly: even when its led is enabled, the keypad doesn't work. I have to press it twice to make it work as usually (i.e. led enabled and keypad working).

I have realized that numlock turns on automatically when booting, concretely when loading udev rules, but I have taken a look on them and I can't see anything related to it.

Is anyone having any problems with numlock? I don't remember when it started failing, but some weeks ago it worked ok. I was hoping it was a temporary problem, but it isn't hmm

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#2 2008-02-03 19:29:40

sozo
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From: NL
Registered: 2008-01-21
Posts: 10

Re: Strange behaviour of numlock

Yes I have exactly the same problem and no fix yet sad

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#3 2008-02-03 20:04:39

skottish
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Registered: 2006-06-16
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Re: Strange behaviour of numlock

I've had this problem for months. I ended up 'solving' it by creating a desktop file for it and starting it as an application at start up. It's not pretty but it works.

Last edited by skottish (2008-02-03 20:04:53)

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#4 2008-02-03 20:36:58

peets
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2007-01-11
Posts: 936
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Re: Strange behaviour of numlock

Same thing. I just know and I press it once or thrice. I've also started to use the other numbers (above the letters on my keyboard).

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#5 2008-02-04 18:12:41

sozo
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From: NL
Registered: 2008-01-21
Posts: 10

Re: Strange behaviour of numlock

skottish wrote:

I've had this problem for months. I ended up 'solving' it by creating a desktop file for it and starting it as an application at start up. It's not pretty but it works.

Interesting, would you mind sharing this little trick with us?

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#6 2008-02-04 23:26:27

skottish
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Re: Strange behaviour of numlock

sozo wrote:

Interesting, would you mind sharing this little trick with us?

I have a text file named numlockx that's in ~/.local/share/applications. This is the contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Hidden=false
Name[en_US]=numlockx
NoDisplay=true
Exec=numlockx
Type=Application
Version=1.0
StartupNotify=false
Name=numlockx
Terminal=false

In E17 I set it active by Configuration--> Configuration Panel--> Applications--> Startup Applications. I also run stalonetray the same way.

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#7 2008-02-05 09:19:12

sozo
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From: NL
Registered: 2008-01-21
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Re: Strange behaviour of numlock

Thanks alot skottish, nice, problem solved smile

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#8 2008-02-25 17:08:01

defcon
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From: Germany, Bruchsal
Registered: 2006-08-16
Posts: 177

Re: Strange behaviour of numlock

Same problem here with i686 and KDEmod. :-/

Last edited by defcon (2008-02-25 17:08:45)


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