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From: captain@rot.qc.ca (Andrew Webster)
Subject: syscons-0.2 bug?
Message-ID: <C5FLz5.K7H@rot.qc.ca>
Summary: Syscons possible bug
Keywords: SYSCONS BUG NUMLOCK
Organization: Groupe de Recherche Operationnelle en Telecommunication (ROT) Inc.
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 17:01:52 GMT
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I just installed syscons-0.2 on my 386bsd system, complete with patchkit 0.2.2

I'm experiencing some very unusual behaviour:

When the num lock key is press (numlock on), the numeric keypad switches
to numeric mode as it should, however, when running vi or tcsh, the
arrow keys no longer work, and after pressing an arrow key, most other key
strokes are locked out (including numlock itself) until I press the / key.

I looked at the code, and wondered if there is a way for the state of the
keyboard to be confused?

System: 386/33, 8MB RAM, 64K cache, 245MB & 80MB Maxtor ide,
	SMC 8013, ati vga wonder.

Software: 386BSD-0.1 w/patchkit 0.2.2, syscons 0.2.


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