[ltp] T20 / Mandrake 8.2 keyboard problems.

[Richard]

Dear Winston,


Given the errors you quote, I thin you have somehow turned on the
"Numlock" feature on the thinkpad keyboard
- these keys can be made to pretend to be a numeric keypad.

I think there's a way to turn this off from the keyboard itself (not sure
how from memory). Fn-Numlock ?

The "numlock" service may be relevant - this is in Mandrake Control centre
- ad you probably want it disabled.

Alternatively, you may have somehow got your keyboard type mis-set. Use
the Mandrake Configuration Centre, and make sure it is  of the right type and
locale. Eg "British, PC 104  key" or whatever.  Some of these settings
make a large difference, some don't.

Good luck.

Richard









)On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Winston Khoo wrote:

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> Hi i'm a linux newbie, i just installed mandrake 8.2
> on my trusty IBM T20, and all the keyboard mapping
> went wrong.I can't type the letters UIOPJKLM, instead
> it gave numbers instead.
>
> Anyone encountered similar problems? How do i solve
> this?
>
> Help is greatly appreciated!
>
>
>
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