[ltp] NumLock going crazy, extermly annoying problem

[Brad Langhorst]

On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 17:51 +0200, Yoni Levy wrote:
> I am using  Thinkpad r50e.
> 
> Every 2-3 seconds, the green light behind the NumLock status indicator 
> gets lit, and NumLock is activated.
> 
> It only stays lit for about half a second but if i type in that time, 
> the character output is wrong ( * instead of p for example).
> 
> When i try to manipulate the NumLock status, it doesn't work at all 
> (pressing shift+ScrLk has no effect).
> 
> I've also identified a connection between the left-most status icon 
> (wireless network indicator? i don't know, i don't use wifi) - once the 
> wifi status icon is lit, the NumLock stays shut, but when it's not, the 
> NumLock goes crazy.
> 


I wonder if this is software or hardware...

try booting from a cd distro like knoppix.


brad