Re: Shift+NumLock = beep forever
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 09:36:17AM -0500, Greg Ward wrote:
> On 28 January 2003, I said:
> > I've been having a really annoying problem with X: when I hit
> > Shift+NumLock, it launches into an infinite beeping loop.
> [...]
> > I'm running "unstable" with XFree86 4.2.1-4. Anyone seen anything
> > similar?
>
> Hooray! Ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" last night, so I'm now running
> XFree86 4.2.1-5 ... and the problem is gone. It now beeps twice in
> rapid succession on Shift-NumLock, which is just fine.
You'll probably find that the double beep is signalling that it's put
your number pad into keypad-mouse mode. I've found this useful when I'm
without a mouse for one reason or another.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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