[orca-list] Keyboard Problem

[Christian Hofstader <cdh gnu org>]

Hi,

I'm using an el cheapo Acer laptop for a lot of my GNU/Linux research 
and development projects. I bought it at Best Buy with the lone criteria 
being, "I want the cheapest laptop that can run a GNU/Linux distro of my 
choosing. I got the computer for about $325 brand new.

As one might expect, something this cheap will have some problems. 
First, the down arrow key broke off but this laptop has a wide screen 
and wide keyboard with a numpad. I had been able to use the navigation 
keys on the numpad to navigate through emails and such. At some point 
yesterday, I must have done something  I must have done something  very 
wrong as navigating in emails with the numpad arrow keys no longer 
causes Orca to read as I tried to navigate with the arrow keys on the 
numpad. I have no idea what I did but reading with these keystrokes no 
longer speaks although the caret is moved from one spot to another. I 
can read by word and in flat review with its keystrokes  but nothing is 
spoken when I  hit the down arrow on the numpad.

Does anyone know what I did wrong?
Happy Hacking,
cdh

PS: If anyone is interested in joining my code documentation project, I 
would appreciate the help as, right now, I'm a team of one. I am, 
however, enjoying familiarizing myself  in depth with Orca. There's lots 
of documenting that needs to be done  that needs to be done

--  and I'd like to make new friends working on cool stuff. Hacking,
cdh

Christian Hofstader
Director of Access Technology
FSF/Project GNU
http://www.gnu.org, http://www.fsf.org
GNU's Not Unix!