number pad problem

Bob Doherty rdoherty2 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 21:02:45 UTC 2007


On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:43:01 -0500, Linda Hanigan
<haniganwork at earthlik.net> wrote:

>I am starting over on the number pad problems. I thought when I posted
>Friday that it was tied to the user, but I was wrong. It is tied to the
>login. Any user that logs in using F2 can not use the number pad. when
>they type they get the following
>1=q
>2=r
>3=s
>4=t
>5=u
>6=v
>7=w
>8=x
>9=y
>o=p

what you're seeing is the tail of the ANSI application mode (VT100)
codes.  These are actually ESC O q to ESC O y and ESC O p for 0 where
ESC is octal 33, decimal 27, hex 1B.

I have no idea why the ANSI codes are being generated.

>If the log on using F1 or F3 - F6 the number pad works correctly. Does
>anyone have any idea what is causing this or how I can fix it?
>                            Thanks
>                             Linda
>
-- 
Bob Doherty





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