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 4.3 PC Users Running GNU/Linux
 ==============================
 
 The default X server configuration varies from distribution to
 distribution and release to release of GNU/Linux.  If your system fails
 to recognize the keypad keys as distinct keys, change the NumLock state,
 turning it on or off, as the case may be, then try again.  If this
 doesn’t solve your problem, you may have to modify the X keysym mappings
 with ‘xmodmap’.
 
    On one distribution on an Intel PC, the following ‘.xmodmaprc’ set
 things up nicely.
 
      ! File:  .xmodmaprc
      !
      ! Set up PC keypad under GNU/Linux for the Emacs EDT Emulation
      !
      clear  mod2
      keycode  77 = F12
      keycode  96 = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
      add mod2 = Num_Lock
 
    In this example, after feeding the file to the ‘xmodmap’ command, the
 PC <NumLock> keypad key will be configurable for the emulation of the
 <PF1> key.  The PC keypad can now emulate an LK-201 keypad (less the
 comma key), the standard keyboard supplied with DEC terminals VT-200 and
 above.  This ‘.xmodmaprc’ file switches the role of the <F12> and
 <NumLock> keys.  It has been tested on RedHat GNU/Linux 5.2.  Other
 versions of GNU/Linux may require different keycodes.  (Unix for
 further help on how to do this.)
 
    *Please note:* Remember, it may be necessary to have <NumLock> in one
 position (ON) or the other (OFF) for the PC keypad to emulate the LK-201
 keypad properly.
 

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