Re: numlock

["Thomas Chadwick" <j_tetazoo at hotmail dot com>]

Just had a thought.  Make sure NumLock is OFF when you run the 'xmodmap -e 
"clear mod2"' command.  Otherwise, it will get stuck in the ON state.

Also, run xev and hit a keypad key other than NumLock.  If you've properly 
cleared NumLock from the keypad, all numeric keypad keypresses will have a 
state of 0x0 whether NumLock (as indicated by the status light on the 
keyboard itself) is ON or OFF.  Normally you'd get a status of 0x0 when 
NumLock is OFF and 0x10 when NumLock is ON.

> From: "J S" <vervoom@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: numlock
> Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:23:34 +0000
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I get the same as you if I run xmodmap -pm. Also if 
> I do: xmodmap -e "clear mod2" that clears mod2, but on the XDM login screen 
> I still can't type any letters.
>
> Here's the value of the NumLock key before clearing mod2:
>
> KeyRelease event, serial 21, synthetic NO, window 0x600001,
>    root 0x36, subw 0x0, time 3663237, (570,393), root:(576,418),
>    state 0x10, keycode 77 (keysym 0xff7f, Num_Lock), same_screen YES,
>    XLookupString gives 0 characters:  ""
>
> Here's the value after clearing mod2:
>
> KeyRelease event, serial 21, synthetic NO, window 0x600001,
>    root 0x36, subw 0x0, time 3594839, (105,139), root:(111,164),
>    state 0x10, keycode 77 (keysym 0xff7f, Num_Lock), same_screen YES,
>    XLookupString gives 0 characters:  ""
>
> The state value seems to be the same.
>
> JS.
>
>
> > Actually, the instructions were mine, not Harold's (they were in response 
> > to a note from Harold).
> >
> > Try this...
> >
> > Start X without the NumLock modification.  In an xterm, run "xmodmap -pm". 
> >  You should see something that resembles the following:
> >
> > xmodmap:  up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
> >
> > shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
> > lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
> > control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x6d)
> > mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Alt_R (0x71)
> > mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
> > mod3
> > mod4
> > mod5        Scroll_Lock (0x4e)
> >
> >
> > If "Num_Lock" shows up next to something other than mod2, then you'll need 
> > to change what comes after "clear" when you run xmodmap.
> >
> > Alternatively, you might experiment with the following scriptlet which 
> > tries to figure out which mod key is assigned to NumLock...
> >
> > numlock=`xmodmap -pm | grep -i num_lock | awk '{print $1}'`
> > if [ "$numlock" != "" ]
> > then
> >  xmodmap -e "clear $numlock" ${HOME}/.Xmodmap
> > fi
> >
> >
> > Of course, if your NumLock key was already assigned to mod2, then I'm not 
> > sure what's going on.  You might want to experiment with running xev.  If 
> > you've cleared NumLock from the keymap, then the value of "state" inside a 
> > KeyPress/Release event resulting from pressing a key on the numeric keypad 
> > should be 0x0 regardless of whether NumLock is on or off.
> >
> >
> > > From: "J S" <vervoom@hotmail.com>
> > > Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > > Subject: numlock Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 10:46:58 +0000
> > >
> > > Is there a way to run XFree with the numlock key on without stopping the 
> > > keys from working? I followed the instructions from Harold's post at:
> > >
> > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-06/msg00307.html
> > >
> > > but that solution didn't seem to work for me.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > JS.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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