On 17 Jan, Paul Powell wrote:
> For instance, if the numlock is turned off, then I can
> use the keypad. If numlock is on, then the keypad
> doesn't work.
>
> Also, after numlock is turned on, both mouse buttons
> perform the same actions. When numlock is turned off,
> the mouse buttons act normally.
>
> I don't have this problem under RedHat which uses a
> different window manager. Does anyone know how to
> make the numlock problem go away?
>From the FAQ:
5.5 Why do NumLock, CapsLock and ScrollLock interfere with
ClickToFocus and/or my mouse bindings?
A: Because they are treated as modifiers. You can use the
IgnoreModifiers command to turn individual modifiers off for
bindings. With XFree86 the right command is
IgnoreModifiers L25
If you changed your modifiers manually or are using a different
X server use the 'xmodmap' command to find out which modifiers
correspond to the keys you want to switch off.
This command creates a lot of extra network traffic, depending
on your CPU, network connection, the number of Key Mouse commands
in your configuration file and the number of modifiers you want to
ignore. If you do not have a lightning fast machine or very few
bindings you should not ignore more than two modifiers. So do
not ignore scroll-lock if you have no problem with it.
A better way to solve this problem is to modify the keyboard
mapping of your X server. The commands
xmodmap -e "clear Lock"
xmodmap -e "clear Mod2"
xmodmap -e "clear Mod5"
remove the CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock from the keyboard map.
Pressing these keys has no effect then. To re-add them try this:
xmodmap -e "add Lock = Caps_Lock"
xmodmap -e "add Mod2 = Num_Lock"
xmodmap -e "add Mod5 = Scroll_Lock"
Fvwm has to be restarted to use the changes made by xmodmap.
Please refer to the man page of the xmodmap command for further
details.
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Larry Gensch larry.gensch_at_compaq.com
Working for COMPAQ since the turn of the century
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Received on Wed Jan 17 2001 - 09:59:40 GMT