[opensuse] Want to turn on the ScrollLock light on the keyboard
I have a Zonet 4-port KVM switching a keyboard between three computers and a mouse between two of them. For one of the boxes, I leave the NumLock key on, for another I leave it off. For the third, I'd like to have the ScrollLock light on. (If I add a fourth, I'd want to have both the NumLock and ScrollLock lights on when it is selected as having the keyboard.) With this scheme, I should be able to look at the keyboard, and from the state of the NumLock and ScrollLock lights, be able to tell which computer is going to get the keystrokes. The problem is that pressing the ScrollLock key causes problems (for me) with the readline behavior in Konsole without lighting the ScrollLock light. I currently have SuSE 9.0, 9.3 and 10.2 on the boxes. -- I have seen the future and I'm not in it! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 04 February 2007 15:56, Dog Walker wrote:
I have a Zonet 4-port KVM switching a keyboard between three computers and a mouse between two of them. For one of the boxes, I leave the NumLock key on, for another I leave it off. For the third, I'd like to have the ScrollLock light on. (If I add a fourth, I'd want to have both the NumLock and ScrollLock lights on when it is selected as having the keyboard.) With this scheme, I should be able to look at the keyboard, and from the state of the NumLock and ScrollLock lights, be able to tell which computer is going to get the keystrokes.
The problem is that pressing the ScrollLock key causes problems (for me) with the readline behavior in Konsole without lighting the ScrollLock light.
I currently have SuSE 9.0, 9.3 and 10.2 on the boxes. -- I have seen the future and I'm not in it!
Probably I'm not either. I've been using IBM k/b's for years, but I have no idea what the Scroll Lock key does. I suppose it's one of those stupid questions. Does it work in UNIX? Linux? Windows? CPM? It doesn't light up the Scroll Lock light on my keyboard, when I try the key. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 18:20 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Sunday 04 February 2007 15:56, Dog Walker wrote:
I have a Zonet 4-port KVM switching a keyboard between three computers and a mouse between two of them. For one of the boxes, I leave the NumLock key on, for another I leave it off. For the third, I'd like to have the ScrollLock light on. (If I add a fourth, I'd want to have both the NumLock and ScrollLock lights on when it is selected as having the keyboard.) With this scheme, I should be able to look at the keyboard, and from the state of the NumLock and ScrollLock lights, be able to tell which computer is going to get the keystrokes.
The problem is that pressing the ScrollLock key causes problems (for me) with the readline behavior in Konsole without lighting the ScrollLock light.
I currently have SuSE 9.0, 9.3 and 10.2 on the boxes. -- I have seen the future and I'm not in it!
Probably I'm not either. I've been using IBM k/b's for years, but I have no idea what the Scroll Lock key does.
I believe it is from the "olden" ( you know, 10-15 years ago ) days when you used a crt with _no_ graphics and it was used to stop the screen from scrolling info by faster then you could read it. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Sunday 04 February 2007 15:56, Dog Walker wrote:
I have a Zonet 4-port KVM switching a keyboard between three computers and a mouse between two of them. For one of the boxes, I leave the NumLock key on, for another I leave it off. For the third, I'd like to have the ScrollLock light on. (If I add a fourth, I'd want to have both the NumLock and ScrollLock lights on when it is selected as having the keyboard.) With this scheme, I should be able to look at the keyboard, and from the state of the NumLock and ScrollLock lights, be able to tell which computer is going to get the keystrokes.
The problem is that pressing the ScrollLock key causes problems (for me) with the readline behavior in Konsole without lighting the ScrollLock light.
I currently have SuSE 9.0, 9.3 and 10.2 on the boxes. -- I have seen the future and I'm not in it!
Probably I'm not either. I've been using IBM k/b's for years, but I have no idea what the Scroll Lock key does. I suppose it's one of those stupid questions. Does it work in UNIX? Linux? Windows? CPM? It doesn't light up the Scroll Lock light on my keyboard, when I try the key.
--doug
It actually does stop scrolling, though you have to be quick. Back in the days when accessing systems via serial port, it was actually useful. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 04 February 2007 17:20, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Probably I'm not either. I've been using IBM k/b's for years, but I have no idea what the Scroll Lock key does. I suppose it's one of those stupid questions. Does it work in UNIX? Linux? Windows? CPM? It doesn't light up the Scroll Lock light on my keyboard, when I try the key.
(from Wiki) Scroll lock is a key (with an associated status light) on most modern computer keyboards. The behavior of the key depends on the particular software in use. The Scroll Lock key is a remnant from the original IBM PC keyboard. In the original design, Scroll Lock was intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys. When the scroll lock mode was on, the arrow keys would scroll the contents of a text window instead of moving the cursor. In this usage, Scroll Lock is a modifier key like Alt and Shift (which modify the function of other keys) and, more specifically, a toggling lock key like Num Lock or Caps Lock, which have a state that persists after the key is released. Today, this particular use of Scroll Lock is rare. Only a few modern programs still honor this behavior, such as Microsoft Excel (in the behavior of arrows — when Scroll Lock is on, the selection does not move), Lotus Notes and Forté Agent. In modern GUI environments, scrolling is usually accomplished using newer means such as scrollbars or scroll wheels. Therefore Scroll Lock can be regarded as a defunct feature in almost all modern programs and operating systems. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 08 February 2007 01:08:55 M Harris wrote:
On Sunday 04 February 2007 17:20, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Probably I'm not either. I've been using IBM k/b's for years, but I have no idea what the Scroll Lock key does. I suppose it's one of those stupid questions. Does it work in UNIX? Linux? Windows? CPM? It doesn't light up the Scroll Lock light on my keyboard, when I try the key.
In FreeBSD, Scroll Lock allows you to scroll back & forth thru the pervious screens on a text terminal by turning Scroll Lock on & using the arrows key &/or Page Up/Page Dn keys, which is extremely useful if you aren't in X. It also does the same thing in konsole (which isn't as useful because you can scroll back anyway, but it keeps things consistant with the text terminal behaviour). Konsole even does this on Linux! I'm new to Suse & linux and I really miss this feature when I'm not working in X. It's a shame Linux doesn't have it. FreeDOS has adopted this feature too and Netware 6.5/OES Netware allows you to scroll though the history on some screens (though without using scroll lock). Cheers, -- Ian gpg key: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~imoore/no-spam.asc
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