numlock

[J S]

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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