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DateSun, 1 Apr 2007 14:49:59 +0300
From"Pekka Enberg" <>
SubjectRe: usb hid: reset NumLock
On 3/30/07, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.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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