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Old 10-02-2002, 02:47 AM   #1
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Question MS Natural Keyboard

I use a MS Natural keyboard with my Mandrake 8.1 PC. I notice on powering up my PC, num lock is always off and I have to press num lock to use the numeric key pad.

How do I enable num lock on startup?

Thanks in advance!
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Old 10-02-2002, 06:37 AM   #2
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Is it that much of a hassle turning it on all the time
other than that i am not too sure...could be just how the keyboard is...
 
Old 10-02-2002, 07:00 AM   #3
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Thanks for the help!

It would be nice if the numeric key pad was enabled automatically, as I keep typing in numbers only to find the key pad disabled.

If they can do it on Windows, we can do it BETTER on Linux!

There must be some sort of keyboard configuration/setup file somewhere???
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Old 10-02-2002, 07:20 AM   #4
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yes there should be, but if the memory of the keyboard turns off the num lock when you shut down, and STAYS off when you turn on, it could be just the limitations of the keyboard...

have you tried this keyboard in windows ?
 
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I've never ever had this problem in Windows, which suggests it is possible in Linux surely!
 
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It could be your keyboard layout...are you using KDE ?
 
Old 10-02-2002, 08:24 AM   #7
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Yes I'm using KDE 2 under Mandrake 8.1.

There doesn't seem to be many keyboard options in Mandrake Control Centre. The keyboard is set to 'US keyboard'. The other options are US (International), UK keyboard or various language/regional keyboards (e.g. Spanish, Ukrainian, etc).
 
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Ok i have found it shusseina, go to your KDE CONTROL PANEL, not your Mandrake one, then go to peripherals, then go to keyboard, then to the 'Advanced' tab, and there SHOULD be an option like this:
NumLock on KDE startup
Turn On
Turn Off
Leave Unchanged

well turn it on ....if it is on......select leave unchanged...and see what happens!!

Garry
 
Old 10-02-2002, 08:41 AM   #9
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And here is the direct answer
http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/...2/05/0094.html
but beware, on some setups it can screw up your X session
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue34/tag/numlock.html
 
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sorry mines not good enough neo
 
  


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