Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 09:19:28 +1000 (EST) From: Ada Lim <ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org> To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian N. Handy) Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARRGH! NUM-Lock!!! Message-ID: <199709192319.JAA06366@noether.blah.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970919132529.9616T-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> from "Brian N. Handy" at "Sep 19, 97 01:29:52 pm"
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> D'uh. I can't figure it out. It seems like somehow I need to turn on the > numeric keypad on my thinkpad, which is done via a <Shift>-Scroll-lock. > This turns the middle portion of the keyboard into a keypad, replete with > the "-" and "+" keys. Wait... this works perfectly on my 760 - I can press shift-scroll-lock, the little numlock symbol comes up, and my screen changes mode under X. > We don't have this feature in FreeBSD, so I can't figure out how to > twiddle the video resolution without changing XF86Config. This would be a > real handy feature for those folks with an external monitor -- there's > enough video memory to run at 1024x768x8, which is pretty nice. > > Anybody figure out a secret combination to get around this? How does X access the keyboard? Is it possible to remap one of the lesser- used keys to become numeric-plus? Ada -- "Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform." -- Mark Twain
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