Thinkpad numeric keypad doesn't do numbers

[crimsun at fungus.sh.nu]

On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 09:09:30AM -0500, Laura Conrad wrote:
> I have a Thinkpad R50e that I'm running Breezy Badger Ubuntu on.  It
> has a laptop keyboard without a separate keypad, but when you do
> numlock, some of the ordinary keys are supposed to be a keypad.  This
> isn't working correctly.  When I press numlock, most of the keypad
> keys don't work at all in unshifted mode.  In shifted mode, they do
> produce the numbers, but of course, the point of a keypad is to be
> able to enter numbers with only one hand.

This issue affects the X41-2527 that I use, too, and instructions for
making NumLk work are at [0]. I inserted the relevant line into the
relevant file, then executed: ``xmodmap -verbose ~/.Xmodmap''.

[0] http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_OpenSUSE_10.0_on_a_ThinkPad_X41#Numlock_and_Browse_keys

Thanks,
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Daniel T. Chen            crimsun at ubuntu.com
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