From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LezY2-0004hj-E5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:26:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EDA96E0460; Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:26:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lbg2.evolone.org (evolone.org [198.145.28.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9FDDE0460 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:26:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lappy.evolone.org (unknown [192.168.0.100]) (Authenticated sender: col) by lbg2.evolone.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 40E691364C7 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:26:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:26:57 -0800 From: Michael Higgins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to switch laptop to usb keyboard Message-ID: <20090304142657.4451dd46@lappy.evolone.org> In-Reply-To: <20090303231622.2DD.0.NOFFLE@turbacz.local> References: <20090302093452.65147118@lappy.evolone.org> <58965d8a0903020942s3e21bd90n4d88be181ebaea4e@mail.gmail.com> <20090302183141.40c59370@lappy.evolone.org> <20090303092438.7ce28751@malediction> <20090303110432.7ea9c3e2@lappy.evolone.org> <20090303231622.2DD.0.NOFFLE@turbacz.local> Organization: Evolone X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0fbfbe51-9fc5-4493-8bf6-d63cc0e52012 X-Archives-Hash: 8ff1a770603995f1a81be8ed16da4843 On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 00:16:22 +0100 Miernik wrote: > Michael Higgins 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. > 1234567890/*-+ THANKS! Cheers, -- |\ /| | | ~ ~ | \/ | |---| `|` ? | |ichael | |iggins \^ / michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org