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From: Miernik <public@public.miernik.name>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: how to switch laptop to usb keyboard
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 00:16:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090303231622.2DD.0.NOFFLE@turbacz.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20090303110432.7ea9c3e2@lappy.evolone.org

Michael Higgins <linux@evolone.org> wrote:
> What the *keypad* does, after plugging in the usb keyboard, is act as
> a mouse. I've never seen this... it's kinda cool, actually. Like using
> an etch-a-sketch.

You can turn such behaviour on and off on any keyboard under X with
Shift+Ctrl+NumLock. Try it, maybe it will bring back numbers.




  reply	other threads:[~2009-03-04  1:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-02 17:34 [gentoo-user] how to switch laptop to usb keyboard Michael Higgins
2009-03-02 17:42 ` Paul Hartman
2009-03-03  2:31   ` Michael Higgins
2009-03-03  4:24     ` Mike Kazantsev
2009-03-03 19:04       ` Michael Higgins
2009-03-03 23:16         ` Miernik [this message]
2009-03-04 22:26           ` [gentoo-user] " Michael Higgins

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