[Virtual-pkg-base-maintainers] Bug#649275: base: incorrect numlock indication when switch from X to console

Holger Levsen holger at layer-acht.org
Tue May 29 09:06:33 UTC 2012


tags 649275 + confirmed
thanks

Hi,

On Samstag, 19. November 2011, sergey wrote:
> Steps to reproduce the bug.
> 1. Enable Numlock when you are in X Window System.
> 2. Open some text editor, try to use appropriate
> number keys (at the right side of keyboard) and make
> sure that this keys work properly.
> 3. Switch to console with Ctrl-Alt-F4. This should be console
> that was not used since last system boot. Numlock LED will be
> active.
> 4. Press numlock. LED will be active still. I think this is a
> bug.
> 5. Press numlock again. Now LED will be deactivated.
> 6. Press Ctrl-Alt-F7 to return to X. Numlock will be
> inactive. Don't touch it.
> 7. Press "1" at the right bottom side of the keyboard.
> It will be entered in text editor.
> I think this is incorrect behaviour because
> Numlock LED is inactive.
> 8. Press Numlock. LED will not be activated. This is
> bug imho.
> 9. Press numlock again. LED will be activated now.

I can confirm this, running a 3.2.17 kernel and xserver-xorg 1:7.5+8+squeeze1, 
but I'm lost whether this is a bug in xorg or the kernel or somewhere else. 
Anyone?


cheers,
	Holger





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