Re: usb hid: reset NumLock
Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel,gmane.linux.kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi Pekka, On Sunday 01 April 2007 07:49, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On 3/30/07, Pete Zaitcev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dell people (Stuart and Charles) complained that on some USB keyboards, > > if BIOS enables NumLock, it stays on even after Linux has started. Since > > we always start with NumLock off, this confuses users. Quick double dab > > at NumLock fixes it, but it's not nice. > > What I am seeing on my Thinkpad is that when I boot _without_ an USB > keyboard NumLock is enabled. Switching to virtual console and back to > X fixes it which is why I have never bothered to debug it further. > Perhaps this is related? Should I give your patch a spin to see if it > fixes the problem? > Are you saying that NumLock LED is lit or that keyboard is in NumLock state? Does the same happen if you boot with init=/bin/bash? -- Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel