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Re: Strange Number Lock Behavior



On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 11:49:06PM -0500, Erinn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Previously, I had an all text Debian firewall. Everytime I would boot
> it, the number lock would turn off. I thought it was specific to that
> box until I installed Debian on my workstation. The behavior persists
> and as I'd never witnessed it in any previous operating system, I
> thought it was Debian-specific, and was wondering two things:
> 
> 1. Has anyone else experienced this?

All Linux users have.  The kernel pretty much assumes the BIOS is an
idiot and ignores it.

> 2. If so, is there any way to stop it? 

Probably.  Easiest is to hit number lock.  8:o)

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