Re: Numeric keypad on thinkpad a21m

[Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.jussieu.fr>]

DS> Does anyone know how to enable the numeric keypad on a thinkpad? Under
DS> windows the shift+numlk combo is used to toggle the numeric keypad on
DS> and off. However, under X 4.0.3 this doesn't work, it merely makes the
DS> relevant keys unusable.

Looks like the BIOS is doing nonstandard things, which confuse either
the kernel or the X server.

As a workaround, you could simulate the effect at the server level by
defining an extra group in XKB.  I suspect it's more hassle than it's
worth, though.

                                        Juliusz