Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread Mick
On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 06:39:16 Yohan Pereira wrote: On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 3:05:21 Grant Edwards wrote: I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it maps the numeric keypad to the right-hand home

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread covici
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 06:39:16 Yohan Pereira wrote: On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 3:05:21 Grant Edwards wrote: I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it maps

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread Bruce Hill
On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 06:23:52AM -0500, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: I think numlock is on by default in newer kernels -- just turn it off with the key -- I am pretty sure even your laptop has such a simulated key. Where do you get numlock as a kernel option? It is a BIOS option, but

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread Bruce Hill
On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 08:06:43AM +, Mick wrote: You can check if rc-update -s -v | grep numlock (or rc-status -s | grep numlock) shows it being set, otherwise add it to see if this makes a difference. -- Regards, Mick Though there is no /etc/conf.d/numlock, Mick's post caused me

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-02 Thread covici
Bruce Hill da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 06:23:52AM -0500, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: I think numlock is on by default in newer kernels -- just turn it off with the key -- I am pretty sure even your laptop has such a simulated key. Where do you get

[gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-01 Thread Grant Edwards
I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it maps the numeric keypad to the right-hand home position (J-1, K-2, L-3, U-4, etc.). After sshing into the machine and booting back into 3.2, everything is

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2-3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked

2012-12-01 Thread Yohan Pereira
On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 3:05:21 Grant Edwards wrote: I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it maps the numeric keypad to the right-hand home position (J-1, K-2, L-3, U-4, etc.). After sshing into