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lucky13

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Posted: Jan. 02 2008,17:25

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Well, if I am mistaken, then I am mistaken.

Yep. QED.

Opening a terminal emulator *isn't* X-oriented -- it takes you back to console-level computing. How many times do I have to repeat that? That's why it works in aterm (and console apps) but not in the X/GTK/etc. applications. There's nothing wrong with it, per se. It's functioning as it should whether it lights up or not! AGAIN, if you need more function then you need to install full X.

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Posted: Jan. 02 2008,17:42

Hello?

I said it was working in console/terminal/shell, and it wasn't in GUI. I know very well it wasn't working in an x-oriented way. I've compiled XFree86 before. I understand the concept of non-X.

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Posted: Jan. 02 2008,17:51

I find the issue of the NumLock light not coming on very disturbing.

I hadn't tried any NumLock activities with the laptop before this thread, but now that I did, it's very disorienting. Not only does the light stay unlit, but the keyboard response is different from what I know in Windows and I'm very confused.

Can the NumLock light bug be fixed at the system level?

What is the expected behavior in aterm, NumLock on and NumLock off? I get something like the following:

Code Sample

+-----------+--------+-------------+
| DSL | | |
+-----------+--------+-------------+
| NumLock | key | result |
+-----------+--------+-------------+
| OFF | J | j |
| OFF | Fn/J | <nothing> |
| ON | J | j | <-- differs
| ON | Fn/J | 1 | <-- differs
+-----------+--------+-------------+

+-----------+--------+-------------+
| Windows | | |
+-----------+--------+-------------+
| NumLock | key | result |
+-----------+--------+-------------+
| OFF | J | j |
| OFF | Fn/J | <nothing> |
| ON | J | 1 | <-- differs
| ON | Fn/J | j | <-- differs
+-----------+--------+-------------+

Please note, I may have the DSL values reversed. Is there any other way to tell if NumLock has been activated?

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Posted: Jan. 02 2008,19:01

iirc, the numlock works, it is just the led on some systems that does not get lit. Maybe it's due to your special keyboard that it doesn't work as expected... but I'm not sure what you mean by "opening a shell"

It is probably just a bug in the tiny x server that you are using as the full x server does not exhibit this problem.
Maybe try a different one? or newer one?
I'd also like to clarify that those are still part of XFree86 (if you are compiling it, you have to explicitly specify it)

In addition, I'd like to remind everyone to please stop posting negative remarks.

roberts

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Posted: Jan. 02 2008,20:02

There is a reason it is called Tiny X.

The one in DSL is from XFree86 4.3.
Even the newer one available in the reposittory from XFree86 4.6 has the same behavior.

It is not a DSL issue.

If this is "disturbing" then use the extension that provides the full XFree or Xorg server.

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