[ltp] NumLock going crazy, extermly annoying problem

[Richard Neill]

Konstantin Filtschew wrote:
> hi,
> 
> you've installed a package, don't know how it's called, but it was
> something to use the Numlock for blinking of the network.
> 
> Try to search for such a software on your laptop.
> 

It might be "ifled".

When you find it, please also report a bug to the author. It should 
flash the LEDs, but should definitely not mess up your keyboard!

BTW for anyone interested, you can have fun with:
	while : ; do
		xset led 3 ; xset -led 2
		sleep 0.5
		xset -led 3 ; xset led 2
		sleep 0.5
	done

Regards,

Richard


> Greetz
> 
> Konstantin Filtschew
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
>>
>>
>>Any help will be appreciated, this is really frustrating ...
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Yoni
>>

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