[ltp] Pressing NumLk

James Mckenzie linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 09 Nov 2000 19:22:46 -0700


George Staikos wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 09 November 2000 17:14, Crispin Cowan wrote:
> > To be able to switch resolution within X, you need to be able to
> > generate the key chord ALT-CTRL-+ ("alt", "control", and "plus") where
> > the "plus" is the key on the numeric keypad, and not the one on the top
> > row.  Problem is, when I press SHIFT-NumLk under Linux, I get "boop" and
> > no num locking.  This was not a problem on my previous Toshiba/Linux
> > laptop.
> >
> > Anyone know how to make the numlock key work on a TP 770Z under Linux?
> 
>   An alternative:
> 
>   XF86 now has the video mode extensions so you can switch resolution in
> software.  If you use KDE, there is a tray applet available to do this.  I'm
> sure there are other applications to do this too.

Which KDE applet?

James Mckenzie
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