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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:18:20
Message-Id: k9gcto$esj$3@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked by covici@ccs.covici.com
1 On 2012-12-02, covici@××××××××××.com <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > I think numlock is on by default in newer kernels -- just turn it off
4 > with the key -- I am pretty sure even your laptop has such a simulated
5 > key.
6
7 I booted back into 3.5, and the "NumLk" doesn't toggle num-lock like
8 it does in 3.2. In 3.5, the "NumLk" key toggles shift-lock.
9
10 Is there some kernel setting to disable the new brokeness where num-lock
11 is enabled at starup with no way to turn it off?
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13 --
14 Grant