Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 23:26:11 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Troy Settle <rewt@i-plus.net> Cc: "(ML) FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Keyboard setup in XFree86 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980208232511.24904D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <002301bd3372$47ea2ee0$3a4318d0@abyss.b.nu>
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On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Troy Settle wrote: > Hey all, > > I've recently returned to the world of X, but I'm having a problem > getting my keyboard working correctly. I've played with various > configurations in my XF86Config file, but haven't had any luck. > > Most of the keys work properly, the problems are in: > > NumLock disables and/or modifies the behavior of some keys. For example, > in qvwm, ALT-TAB switches between applications. But, with NumLock on, it > doesn't work. This is a known XFree tweak. NumLock changes the keyboard mode to something wacky. Just make sure that numlock isn't on when you enter X. You can turn it on fine in other consoles since the keyboard state is maintained differently on different vty's. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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