linux-kernel - Re: usb hid: reset NumLock

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Message-ID: <84144f020704010449w2ba342a3qf3025425e84ad2ce@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 1 Apr 2007 14:49:59 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Pete Zaitcev" <zaitcev@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Jiri Kosina" <jkosina@...e.cz>, dtor@...ightbb.com,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stuard_hayes@...l.com
Subject: Re: usb hid: reset NumLock

On 3/30/07, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com> wrote:
> Dell people (Stuart and Charles) complained that on some USB keyboards,
> if BIOS enables NumLock, it stays on even after Linux has started. Since
> we always start with NumLock off, this confuses users. Quick double dab
> at NumLock fixes it, but it's not nice.

What I am seeing on my Thinkpad is that when I boot _without_ an USB
keyboard NumLock is enabled. Switching to virtual console and back to
X fixes it which is why I have never bothered to debug it further.
Perhaps this is related? Should I give your patch a spin to see if it
fixes the problem?
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