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Thank you Dale. |
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That did the trick. I was not able to remove the service, as it |
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doesn't exist, but it gave me an idea about turning the numlock off. |
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For others in same situation, it can be done with Fn+Alt+Num Lk on |
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Asus Laptop U46E |
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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mansour Al Akeel wrote: |
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>> I got a newer laptop, and rather than installing gentoo, I just |
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>> swapped the hard disks. Now when I boot into the new one, |
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>> it works up to the level I am expecting (still need some drivers), but |
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>> the keyboard act wierd. When I press "m" it types "0", |
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>> and some other keys don't send anything at all. |
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>> This issue starts when I start my xdm (configured to start slim). With |
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>> the text run level (console), there's no issues until I start and stop |
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>> xdm. |
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>> I am not sure if I modified something long time ago in the config, to |
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>> use different keymaps, but this issue didn't exist on the older |
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>> laptop. |
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>> What files could have such a configuration, that I need to look into ? |
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>> Thank you. |
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> That may be the laptop itself. My ex did this once. There is a way to put |
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> the laptop in numlock mode for entering a lot of numbers. I think it is ALT |
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> and something up across the top on the right hand side. I don't think it is |
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> a function key but it may be. If yours is anything like my ex's, it will |
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> have numlock somewhere on the key. Hers was a different color to match the |
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> other key, ALT I think. Just do some color matching on that. |
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> Every manufacturer is different but maybe, just maybe this will get you on |
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> track to at least finding a solution. |
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> If this changes after you have booted, try removing the numlock service from |
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> the default runlevel. That may cause the same thing I described above. |
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> Most want that on a desktop but not on a laptop. |
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> Hope this helps. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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