bugGNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #34547, BIOS numlock setting not preserved

 
 

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bug #34547: BIOS numlock setting not preserved

Submitted by:  Ben Guthro <bguthro>
Submitted on:  Fri 14 Oct 2011 01:28:02 PM UTC  
 
Category: BootingSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Software Error
Status: InvalidPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: 
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 
Release: Bazaar - trunkReproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release: None

Mon 04 Jun 2012 11:42:07 AM UTC, comment #3:

Apologies for the noise. I'll check the Ubuntu patches. Thanks for your time.

Ben Guthro <bguthro>
Sun 03 Jun 2012 06:51:08 PM UTC, comment #2:

This patch, and by consequence the bugreport is to ubuntu-specific code, not upstream GRUB. So you report it to the wrong place.

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
Project Administrator
Sun 03 Jun 2012 06:01:12 PM UTC, comment #1:

My quick test has showed that GRUB doesn't touch numlook setting. And there is no code to do so other than in sendkey module. Linux, on the other hand has cleared numlock. So this bugreport is likely misplaced. Observations were done with looking at LED. Bit 1 in 497 is only about keyboard LED status, not about keyboard status which is saved in 0x417.

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
Project Administrator
Fri 14 Oct 2011 01:28:02 PM UTC, original submission:

For BIOS versions that support "Numlock on boot" 0x497 bit 1 will be set, indicating the numlock is set.

As soon as GRUB loads, this bit is cleared.

This is a regression from 1.97

Ben Guthro <bguthro>

 

Attached Files
file #25972:  master_fix_numlock_being_turned_off_by_grub.txt added by bguthro (1KiB - text/plain - I disagree with your assessment. LED bits are used interchangeably with LED status in most BIOSes. The attached patch puts back the behavior from 0.97)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sun 03 Jun 2012 06:41:32 PM UTCbguthroAttached File-=>Added master_fix_numlock_being_turned_off_by_grub.txt, #25972
    Sun 03 Jun 2012 06:01:12 PM UTCphcoderStatusNone=>Invalid
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed

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