On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 11:21:54AM -0700, esteffl_at_pbi.net wrote:
> I am not sure, but I can sure check it. do you think that the numlock
> disables the control/alt in some way? like having the alt with num lock off
> and alt with numlock on are two different key combinations? (just like ctrl
> and ctrl-alt are two different key combinations?)
>
> under solaris, exceed (win X server) and fvwm 2.2.x both numlock on and
> numlock off work the same way (alt and ctrl shortcuts work).
>
> :-))
>
> what is the big numlock problem in unix? I noticed that the realplayer
> (older versions) did not work (more precisely: the menu did not work) with
> numlock on, we were told by Continuus people (source code control system, we
> have solaris version) that our problems with help not working might be
> because of the numlock etc...
>
> thanks for a suggestion. I'll try it when I get home...
Perhaps this section from our FAQ helps you:
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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 you configuration file and the number of modifiers you want to
ignore. If you do not have a lightning fast machine ore very few
bindings you should not ignore more than two modifiers. E.g. 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"
Please refer to the man page of the xmodmap command for further
details.
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Bye
Dominik ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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Received on Wed Sep 01 1999 - 14:17:20 BST