From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B063C1381F3 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:25:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1967D21C026; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:25:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s-out-001.smtp25.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9553D21C003 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-72.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.72]) by s-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id qB2BNrKH020449 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 06:23:53 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qB2BNqWJ013630 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 06:23:52 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.2->3.5 upgrade unusable: keyboard borked In-reply-to: <201212020806.55695.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <1540977.IXnsEoOt74@dethkomp> <201212020806.55695.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Mick message dated "Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:06:43 +0000." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.2 Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:23:52 -0500 Message-ID: <13627.1354447432@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 71.171.111.72 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-qB2BNrKH020449 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: c9d5c4e4-5722-40b4-8be4-f02d506d40fa X-Archives-Hash: 69807aeb06140bbc3f6e2fe7345787bb Mick wrote: > On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 06:39:16 Yohan Pereira wrote: > > On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 3:05:21 Grant Edwards wrote: > > > I'm trying to upgrade from a 3.2 kernel to 3.5.7, but the 3.5.7 kernel > > > is unusable because it always puts the keyboard into a mode where it > > > maps the numeric keypad to the right-hand home position (J->1, K->2, > > > L->3, U->4, etc.). After sshing into the machine and booting back > > > into 3.2, everything is fine again. > > > > > > There must have been a new kernel setting that I missed when I did a > > > "make oldconfig" which defaults to an unusable settings. I haven't > > > been able to come up with a Google search that provides anything > > > remotely relevent. > > > > > > Does anybody recognize this problem? > > > > Is this a laptop? with no num pad? On my laptop the numpad is mapped to the > > keys like you described, so when Num Lock is toggled those keys function as > > the num pad. > > You can check if rc-update -s -v | grep numlock (or rc-status -s | grep > numlock) shows it being set, otherwise add it to see if this makes a > difference. I think numlock is on by default in newer kernels -- just turn it off with the key -- I am pretty sure even your laptop has such a simulated key. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com