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numlockx package

  1. Bug #218202
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 218202

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Martin-Éric Racine (q-funk) wrote : Re: [Bug 218202] Re: [hardy] numlockx does not turn num lock keyboard light on.

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:07 PM, luvr wrote:
> Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
>
> > Hence why I am veering towards blaming XFCE for skipping the X startup
> script.
>
> The issue is that XCFE will not turn the keyboard LED on. You can easily
> verify this by running the command "numlockx on" manually from a shell
> window: it *will* turn on NumLock mode, but it will not light the LED.

What about the kernel's recent approach to separate the management of
LEDs from the keyboard driver? Could that be it?