Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:25:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Since I played accidently with `Hot keys' or something like that (I do not remember exactly their name, but the fact is that I pushed the `maj' key four times and that it launched something related to keys and GNOME), my numeric panel on my keyboard is no longer recognized. Why? Mmm... I suppose you already care about the num. lock switch/button is on, right? :-) Alternatively, some programs now render what I type just as if I was in QWERTY mode, but I am in AZERTY mode (.xorg.conf and GNOME's keyboard utility tell it to me). What can I do? This is really annoying. Dive into GNOME keyboard settings (keyboard layout, language, model and options) and if necessary, setup them again. Then, relogin, just in case. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.06.01.11.27...@gmail.com
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:25:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Since I played accidently with `Hot keys' or something like that (I do not remember exactly their name, but the fact is that I pushed the `maj' key four times and that it launched something related to keys and GNOME), my numeric panel on my keyboard is no longer recognized. Why? Mmm... I suppose you already care about the num. lock switch/button is on, right? :-) Yes, sure. Alternatively, some programs now render what I type just as if I was in QWERTY mode, but I am in AZERTY mode (.xorg.conf and GNOME's keyboard utility tell it to me). What can I do? This is really annoying. Dive into GNOME keyboard settings (keyboard layout, language, model and options) and if necessary, setup them again. Then, relogin, just in case. Actually (I should have specified it before), nothing changes it. This is really really weird. Well, let's explain it a bit more: if I go to System Preferences Keyboard, and then tick Belgium, the zone where you can try your keyboard writes what I type as if I was in AZERTY mode. 'Looks nice, as it is what I want. But when I leave (using `Close') this window, some apps are in QWERTY, and others are in AZERTY. For example, I might even start FF (Iceweasel, more precisely), type an URL in AZERTY, and then, trying to select some text on a webpage using Ctrl-A, Iceweasel will close, because A is Z in QWERTY. So, it changed after some seconds. Moreover, when my password screen comes, after some screensaver, I can type my password (just as before), but it is written `Belz' at the place of `Bel'. I don't know what is `Belz' but it looks like some special QWERTY config for Belgium, as I then need to type Alt Gr + some number on the keyboard to write down a keyboard, when it was written normally if I was using the numeric panel, or simply Maj + these numbers. Sometimes, everything then comes in AZERTY (even the password's window after the screensaver), but sometimes not. Also, sometimes, the config windows (Sys Pref Keyboard, as aforementioned) lets me type characters as if I was in QWERTY, even if Belgium is well-selected (ticked). I am not using some prog called `ScKey', `ScPlus' or whatever I do not remember whose name, which was aiming at using different character layouts (cyrillic, etc.) on this computer (I tested it with other computers, though). Everything seems to happen since I have pressed 4 or 5 times the MAJ key, which then let GNOME ask me if I wanted to use soft keys. I do not know soft keys are, but I do not need any accessibility facility, because I have no handicap. It must have messed up with my settings, in some way that I am still misunderstanding. Any idea? Hope I'm clear. Thanks, though. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing. (Michael Pritchard) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwFDvwACgkQM0LLzLt8MhxSAwCZAfAUQeEy96U+UkD7SCk2TvjF IT0An2zpz9+MZ+3e5nazvfxc2OxlGKoJ =OJG2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/877hmisw75@merciadriluca-station.merciadriluca
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:45:34 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón writes: Mmm... I suppose you already care about the num. lock switch/button is on, right? :-) Yes, sure. O.k. Let's hope this one is linked with the other porblem. Dive into GNOME keyboard settings (keyboard layout, language, model and options) and if necessary, setup them again. Then, relogin, just in case. (...) Everything seems to happen since I have pressed 4 or 5 times the MAJ key, which then let GNOME ask me if I wanted to use soft keys. I do not know soft keys are, but I do not need any accessibility facility, because I have no handicap. It must have messed up with my settings, in some way that I am still misunderstanding. Any idea? Hope I'm clear. Thanks, though. Soft keys? I do not recall this :-? But anything regarding assistive keyboard is configured/activated within GNOME keyboard settings. Check in there *all the tabs* and see if something has been enabled accidentally. Also, run gnome-at-properties in gnome-terminal and see if something was also enabled there. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.06.01.14.06...@gmail.com
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:45:34 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón writes: Mmm... I suppose you already care about the num. lock switch/button is on, right? :-) Yes, sure. O.k. Let's hope this one is linked with the other porblem. Dive into GNOME keyboard settings (keyboard layout, language, model and options) and if necessary, setup them again. Then, relogin, just in case. (...) Everything seems to happen since I have pressed 4 or 5 times the MAJ key, which then let GNOME ask me if I wanted to use soft keys. I do not know soft keys are, but I do not need any accessibility facility, because I have no handicap. It must have messed up with my settings, in some way that I am still misunderstanding. Any idea? Hope I'm clear. Thanks, though. Soft keys? I do not recall this :-? But anything regarding assistive keyboard is configured/activated within GNOME keyboard settings. Check in there *all the tabs* and see if something has been enabled accidentally. Also, run gnome-at-properties in gnome-terminal and see if something was also enabled there. Ok. So, what looks completely abnormal in `Keyboard Layout Options' is `Both Alt keys together change layout,' and `Right Alt is Compose.' What means the latter? Soft keys are disabled, and GNOME tells it to me. Well, it should be the `Both Alt keys together change layout,' but I never press twice some `Alt' key. Moreover, this won't give me back my numeric panel... Hopefully, I do not work in Finance! - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwFF7QACgkQM0LLzLt8MhxT1gCfW4DEVClqRYAUg2zFZdHKS0Ns ld8Anjkl9UCQvZZcp2o5/ioCI5GEUhWD =wU3I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hblmn87f@merciadriluca-station.merciadriluca
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've found what my numeric panel's keys are now affected to. Everybody knowns that these keys can also be directional keys (i.e. like the -, the |^, the |_, and the - which are at its left). They are acting exactly like this. I am even able to move my cursor (i.e. small arrow) using these keys: I can move it downwards, upwards, in diagonal... Well, this is completely unuseful for me. This setting seems not to be set either in GNOME's settings or in GNOME's keyboard's settings. Then, where could it be (set)? Thanks. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. (Henry Ford) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwFGL8ACgkQM0LLzLt8MhyjqACeK1hGu4StbtSoDeH3d/offIw/ DpkAnRr/d9oHCfe+u13lYzYgovIGHK/a =g7WF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87aareltfk@merciadriluca-station.merciadriluca
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:22:44 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón writes: Soft keys? I do not recall this :-? But anything regarding assistive keyboard is configured/activated within GNOME keyboard settings. Check in there *all the tabs* and see if something has been enabled accidentally. Also, run gnome-at-properties in gnome-terminal and see if something was also enabled there. Ok. So, what looks completely abnormal in `Keyboard Layout Options' is `Both Alt keys together change layout,' and `Right Alt is Compose.' I copy/paste my keyboard setup options: - Add euro symbol... none selected - Caps lock behaviour... default - Alt/windows behavior... default - Japanese keyboard... none selected - Layout switching... none selected - Numeric keypad delete key... default - Numeric keypad layout selection... default - Miscelanuous compatibility options... none selected - Compose key location... none selected - Ctrl key location...default - Third level selectors... none selected - Use keyboard LED to show alternative... none selected - Using space key to input... default What means the latter? Right Alt is Compose means you can use right alt key to create composed characters such → :-) Soft keys are disabled, and GNOME tells it to me. Well, it should be the `Both Alt keys together change layout,' but I never press twice some `Alt' key. Moreover, this won't give me back my numeric panel... Hopefully, I do not work in Finance! You can create a new user account to compare the keyboard settings (between the new user and the old/current one) because I am using a Spanish keyboard and my preferences could be not suitable for you. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.06.01.14.59...@gmail.com
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:27:11 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: I've found what my numeric panel's keys are now affected to. Everybody knowns that these keys can also be directional keys (i.e. like the -, the |^, the |_, and the - which are at its left). They are acting exactly like this. I am even able to move my cursor (i.e. small arrow) using these keys: I can move it downwards, upwards, in diagonal... Well, this is completely unuseful for me. This setting seems not to be set either in GNOME's settings or in GNOME's keyboard's settings. Then, where could it be (set)? Pressing Shift + Num. Lock will solve this issue, I just found it :-P Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.06.01.15.28...@gmail.com
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:27:11 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: I've found what my numeric panel's keys are now affected to. Everybody knowns that these keys can also be directional keys (i.e. like the -, the |^, the |_, and the - which are at its left). They are acting exactly like this. I am even able to move my cursor (i.e. small arrow) using these keys: I can move it downwards, upwards, in diagonal... Well, this is completely unuseful for me. This setting seems not to be set either in GNOME's settings or in GNOME's keyboard's settings. Then, where could it be (set)? Pressing Shift + Num. Lock will solve this issue, I just found it :-P How did you find it? That solved my problem. I think that the biggest problem under GNOME is that there're many built-in shortcuts, just like some magic device where there are options everywhere and where you can't touch some key without launching something. Why is such a key combination there? This is so easy to do. Thanks a lot. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. (Henry Ford) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwFLxkACgkQM0LLzLt8MhzPcgCgnjiFDzpjX31MgYYtYB0MdI5w QQgAn3x+F/YTk8nggYvIFtw5Em3DfiGI =MEt1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87sk56vizq@merciadriluca-station.merciadriluca
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:22:44 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón writes: Soft keys? I do not recall this :-? But anything regarding assistive keyboard is configured/activated within GNOME keyboard settings. Check in there *all the tabs* and see if something has been enabled accidentally. Also, run gnome-at-properties in gnome-terminal and see if something was also enabled there. Ok. So, what looks completely abnormal in `Keyboard Layout Options' is `Both Alt keys together change layout,' and `Right Alt is Compose.' I copy/paste my keyboard setup options: - Add euro symbol... none selected - Caps lock behaviour... default - Alt/windows behavior... default - Japanese keyboard... none selected - Layout switching... none selected - Numeric keypad delete key... default - Numeric keypad layout selection... default - Miscelanuous compatibility options... none selected - Compose key location... none selected - Ctrl key location...default - Third level selectors... none selected - Use keyboard LED to show alternative... none selected - Using space key to input... default What means the latter? Right Alt is Compose means you can use right alt key to create composed characters such → :-) Soft keys are disabled, and GNOME tells it to me. Well, it should be the `Both Alt keys together change layout,' but I never press twice some `Alt' key. Moreover, this won't give me back my numeric panel... Hopefully, I do not work in Finance! You can create a new user account to compare the keyboard settings (between the new user and the old/current one) because I am using a Spanish keyboard and my preferences could be not suitable for you. Thanks. For the tips, they are no longer required (see message before). Thanks :) - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy. (Malcolm Forbes) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwFLzkACgkQM0LLzLt8MhzpSQCeNw5DXdhoIoc55IQe77nWw++Z /tkAniQOW9Ba0Lld4M6MggW6EpV7gPds =BAzR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ocfuviyu@merciadriluca-station.merciadriluca
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:02:33 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón writes: Pressing Shift + Num. Lock will solve this issue, I just found it :-P How did you find it? That solved my problem. I think that the biggest problem under GNOME is that there're many built-in shortcuts, just like some magic device where there are options everywhere and where you can't touch some key without launching something. Why is such a key combination there? This is so easy to do. Thanks a lot. He, he... then you better do not look into KDE with Compiz enabled. It's all about shortcuts, but true is that KDE has a better management of key bindings than GNOME. BTW, I found the num lock toggle on/off tip by performing a Google search, which lead me to this article: Linux Gnome Numeric Keypad Disabled [ Mouse keys ] http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-numeric-keypad-disabled-mouse-keysonly-works/ I tested et voilà, it worked :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.06.01.17.15...@gmail.com
Re: Numeric panel on keyboard is no longer recognized
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:02:33 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón writes: Pressing Shift + Num. Lock will solve this issue, I just found it :-P How did you find it? That solved my problem. I think that the biggest problem under GNOME is that there're many built-in shortcuts, just like some magic device where there are options everywhere and where you can't touch some key without launching something. Why is such a key combination there? This is so easy to do. Thanks a lot. He, he... then you better do not look into KDE with Compiz enabled. It's all about shortcuts, but true is that KDE has a better management of key bindings than GNOME. BTW, I found the num lock toggle on/off tip by performing a Google search, which lead me to this article: Linux Gnome Numeric Keypad Disabled [ Mouse keys ] http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-numeric-keypad-disabled-mouse-keysonly-works/ I tested et voilà, it worked :-) Thanks, then. :) - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans. (John Lennon) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwFS7cACgkQM0LLzLt8Mhw2ZwCeLdgs4vyDFxdW0/vt3Qqc4+zc c3AAn1aADvhDGrkY49EQbYNMtJVZZ6qq =mx1o -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87aare39zb@merciadriluca-station.merciadriluca
