From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Sep 24 03:56:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA22191 for mobile-outgoing; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 03:56:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA22180 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 03:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA19725; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 06:07:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199709241007.GAA19725@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: ARRGH! NUM-Lock!!! In-Reply-To: <199709192319.JAA06366@noether.blah.org> from Ada Lim at "Sep 20, 97 09:19:28 am" To: ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org (Ada Lim) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 06:07:35 -0400 (EDT) Cc: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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 -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. I gave this a try on my 365x - shift-scroll-lock works fine on a console and enables the numeric keypad but beeps under X. If I turn it on in a console screen and then switch back to the X screen something is smart enough to restore the original setting. What's the secret to keeping X from intercepting shift-scroll-lock? -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval