On Thu, May 28, 2009, MHR wrote:
>I got a Logitech EX110 wireless keyboard and mouse set about a year or
>so ago, maybe more. The number pad on the keyboard stopped working
>after a while, so I complained to Logitech, and they sent me a new
>keyboard (actually, the whole set).
>
>I've had the problem on and off again a couple of times since then,
>but it usually only lasts a few days before all is well again.
>
>However, my son also has the same set (well, same model, different
>pieces of hardware) on his Windows XP machine, and he has _never_ had
>this problem. Tonight, he suggested that it might be a Linux problem,
>so I took our spare keyboard of this same type and switched them on my
>machine.
>
>Surprise: the new keyboard has exactly the same problem - no response
>from the number pad.
>
>Actually, that's not entirely accurate. The num lock and the Enter
>key both work, but the 5 key produces some control combination I don't
>recognize (seems to behave something like ^V of a previously ^X'd
>clipboard copy, unrelated to the current input), and the + key which
>seems to produce something like ^V^V, or "highlight the current
>terminal line" or something, but none of the other keys work at all.
You might want to use the xev program under X11 to see what key
codes are being seen by the system. I had to create ~/.Xmodmap
to map the numeric keypad on my Microsoft Natural keyboard to
always send numbers on Mac OS X 10.4.x otherwise python curses
applications don't do the right thing.
Bill
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