Performed an update today (2016-01-14) which included the a new version of X11.
When I started my window manager (FluxBox) I noticed that I could not use my numeric keypad. I found this odd as my keyboard stated that num lock was indeed turned on. I performed a google search and discovered that this is a known issue in newer versions of X and believed to be a function of the window manager to handle. Note, some window managers have the ability to enable/disable the num lock key, but unfortunately, mine does not. A little more research and I discovered a little tool called 'numlockx'. I had to download the source package from an Ubuntu repository, but I was able to build it without issue. If anyone else has the same problem as I, then you will need to perform the following: 1. Download the source package. 2. Extract the tarball 3. ./configure && make && make install 4. Before you start your window manager (normally a config script) add the command: numlockx & In my case, my ~/.fluxbox/startup script looks something like: numlockx & exec fluxbox PS. Would it be possible for a X11 maintainer to add numlockx to the official cygwin repository? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple