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From: bob@obiwan.uucp (Bob Willcox)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: syscons-0.2 bug?
Keywords: SYSCONS BUG NUMLOCK
Message-ID: <C5H1CM.7EE@obiwan.uucp>
Date: 14 Apr 93 11:31:33 GMT
References: <C5FLz5.K7H@rot.qc.ca>
Organization: Bob's Place, Austin TX
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In article <C5FLz5.K7H@rot.qc.ca> captain@rot.qc.ca (Andrew Webster) writes:
>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 have been able to reproduce something quite similar to this on my two
386bsd systems running syscons-0.2 with patchkit 0.2.2. With my systems
though (in vi, haven't tried tcsh), after turning on num lock the cursor
keys (inverted tee versions) still work, however, once using them other
keys seem to be locked out (similar to your experience). The / key or
the numeric keypad keys will release them. These systems both have
Lexmark 101 key keyboards.
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