Bug#502161: xserver-xorg-input-kbd: Starts with NumLock on, but NumLock is broken on IBM-SK-8845 keyboards.
Package: xserver-xorg-input-kbd
Version: 1:1.3.1-1
Severity: normal
Dear X team,
the X server starts GDM with NumLock switched on. This would not be a
big issue if the bug #464041 would not prevent the NumLock key to work
on some keybords (like IBM-SK-8845): this removes seven alphabetic
letters and prevents from typing some passords. Also, I am a bit puzzled
because on some other computers I use, NumLock is not on by default.
Could it be an issue with the keyboard driver?
If the issue can not be fixed for Lenny, I volunteer to submit a patch to the
release notes. However, I do not know how to work around the bug in the login
screen: can `xmodmap -e "keycode 77 = Num_Lock"' be added somewhere to have an
effect before login? (the way I solve the problem is to switch on the original
Bluetooth keyboard of the machine, press numlock, switch off the keyboard and
forget it somewhere on my desk for a week).
Have a nice day,
-- Charles Plessy, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
PS: other relevant links on the Internet:
https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5069645&brandind=5000020
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14061
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/35080
PPS:
ection "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
BusID "PCI:240:16:0"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
PPPS: numlockx is not installed on my machine.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-powerpc64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-kbd depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.2-6 Xorg X server - core server
xserver-xorg-input-kbd recommends no packages.
xserver-xorg-input-kbd suggests no packages.
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