Fluxbox and NumLock

Neil Winchurst barnaby at drofle.com
Wed Oct 22 17:23:53 UTC 2008


Knapp wrote:
>> Thanks for that info. I don't use laptops, but I do realise that there
>> is no keypad. I didn't know that having numlock on would cause any
>> problems with a laptop. I expected it to be simply ignored.
>>
>> Anyway, the problem is sorted. I installed numlockx this morning and
>> this afternoon, when I logged on using Fluxbox, the numlock light came
>> on, so it is now working.
>>
>> Neil
> 
> There is a keypad and that is the problem. The key pad is over the
> keys on the right half of the keyboard. Look close at a keyboard and
> you will see the numbers ghosted next to the normal letters.
> http://www.notebookforum.at/notebooktest/D620/DellLatitudeD620Bericht_dateien/PicHQ/KeyboardHQ.jpg

Well, I am certainly learning things today. I have never noticed that 
before. So how do you turn those keys into a keypad equivalent?

Neil




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