On 05/17/2016 07:23 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 05/17/2016 07:09 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
I am really sure there is no numlock key on this keyboard. If it's
hidden, I'd identify it how? Every key has a label, some have two,
none are numlock or anything that could possibly be interpreted as
being numlock.
The external keyboard is a full keyboard and doesn't have a numlock key
or it's just the number pad? Try installing the numlockx package and
see if that helps. On my laptop, using that program to turn on the
numlock does not affect the embedded number pad on my laptop the same
way as using the numlock key, but maybe it will work for your external one.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a USB full keyboard right now, so I used
a PS/2 keyboard through a USB converter. There were some odd issues
with the numlock on it, but I was still able to get the answers I was
looking for.
The capslock and numlock states are global. Change it on one keyboard
and all keyboards get updated and function accordingly. Except the
laptop keyboard apparently does some internal magic and will only switch
the overlayed numpad if the numlock on the laptop keyboard is used. But
if I use the laptop numlock key, then the number pad on the external
keyboard is switched as well. Using a USB number pad, the numlock state
has no effect on it as expected.
In summary, that numlockx program should solve your problem although I'm
still very confused that you have a full keyboard with a number pad but
no numlock key... Any chance of a photo?
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