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5.1 boots with NumLock default-ON

PostPosted: Aug 14th, '14, 15:18
by badsector
could be unintentional

Re: 5.1 boots with NumLock default-ON

PostPosted: Aug 16th, '14, 15:56
by pete910
And?

They all default to on, as it should. No?

Re: 5.1 boots with NumLock default-ON

PostPosted: Aug 16th, '14, 16:34
by badsector
pete910 wrote:And?

They all default to on, as it should. No?


I wouldn´t know about all distros.

The way I see it there are 3 lights on my keyboard to alert to some condition, like you would not want to enter a password with CapsLock ON.

NumLock, CapsLock & ScrollLock

No one in his right mind would put a light on a keyboard to alert the user to a normal condition, last I heard, although it is a noname chinese knockoff and maybe that´s exactly what they did.

Re: 5.1 boots with NumLock default-ON

PostPosted: Aug 16th, '14, 16:39
by doktor5000
Since when are those alert lights? And seems you only think about your situation, pretty much everybody with a separate numpad wants numlock to be activated.

Re: 5.1 boots with NumLock default-ON

PostPosted: Aug 17th, '14, 02:18
by badsector
doktor5000 wrote:Since when are those alert lights? And seems you only think about your situation, pretty much everybody with a separate numpad wants numlock to be activated.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Num_lock

"Since most modern desktop computers have a full-size keyboard with both
a numeric pad and separate arrow keys, Num Lock is rarely used for its
original purpose, and ends up confusing the user if it has for some
reason been activated without the user being aware of this."