Numeric Keypad not working in KDE
Why is the numeric keypad on my standard keyboard not working with KDE?
I start up my Slackware 12 and boot into a console window in which I can use the numeric keypad with gay abandon (no, I'm not gay, it's just a manner of speaking :) ), but when I run startx and I'm in KDE, it does not matter what I do with the num lock key or the KDE Control Centre, I cannot access the numbers on the keypad! This is most frustrating as I use(d to use) the keypad all the time! It's as if those keys were disabled, yet I'm sure that: 1) I had the numeric keypad working when I first started KDE after installing Slackware 12 2) I did not touch the xorg.conf keyboard section at all (just the video and mouse) 3) The problem seemed to rear its ugly head after I had used the KDE Control Centre for the first time. Relevant information (that I can think of): It's a standard US keyboard, defined as such to both Linux and KDE. setxkbmap -print: xkb_keymap { xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" }; xkb_types { include "complete" }; xkb_compat { include "complete" }; xkb_symbols { include "pc+us" }; xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" }; XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "us", "", "" xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" EndSection |
KDE has its own keyboard settings. In the Control Center, look at Regional&Accessibility -> Keyboard Layouts and see if it's correctly defined.
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If that fails, just erase the ~/.kde dir and start all over, this time a lot more carefull! :)
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Could you please explain what you mean? As I understand it, there's a heck of a lot of stuff under .kde, and I don't know what would happen if I followed your instructions, except maybe I'd have to re-install KDE. Would you mind being more specific? Thanks for your help |
No, you don't have to reinstall KDE, but all of your settings etc. will vanish. If you want to try, I recommend you to simply rename/move ~./kde as a backup.
Now to your problem: I'm sorry if this sounds stupid, but is your Num Lock turned on? I think mine wasn't by default. You can change it in KControl, Peripherals->Keyboard->NumLock on KDE Startup. |
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In response to your question, if you see my original post, I have tried using Control Center and, of course, toggled the Num Lock key, but I cannot get those keypad numbers to appear in any input field under KDE, although they work fine in a console. Regards, |
@Slack1_more
move the Code:
/home/<Your user name>/.kde Next time when You log in to KDE, the whole directory (.kde) residing in Your home will be recreated. .kde directory contains Your bookmarks, passwords, remembered input-fields and settings. Your Mail should be elsewhere (check in kmail if You use it). And documents should be elsewhere too ;). The only risk in deleting said .kde is contained in posting success thus closing this thread :) |
Problem solved on my Mandriva
Thank you
I had the same problem which made me suffer a lot. Now after deleting the ~/.kde components, abd re-logged in again, everything went the way I want and the Num keyboard is working and typing numbers. thank you |
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