HAL

Num Lock key not working

Bug #282419 reported by Neil J. Patel
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Bug Description

Intrepid beta with latest updates. Santa Rosa Macbook Pro.

The Num Lock function key does not effect the output of the keyboard. xev shows that "Num_Lock" key events are coming through, but the keyboard mapping is not modified, so hitting the number area does not show any numbers just the letters.

On hardy, activating the num lock would change my keyboard to use the secondary number keys (uio, jkl, m) among other things.

This happens whether my keyboard layout is Macintosh or UK layout (my standard layout).

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Neil J. Patel (njpatel) wrote :

I should add that the Num Lock key thinks it is the Clear key at the moment.

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Ricky Campbell (cyberdork33) wrote :

Can you clarify what key you mean when you talk about the Num Lock key? There is no key marked "Num Lock" on the Macbook Pro keyboard... Are you using F6? Did you use the Fn key in combination with F6?

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Neil J. Patel (njpatel) wrote :

The F6 key had "num lock" written on it and, depending on your pommed settings, is activated via one keystroke or Fn+F6. I have mine set-up to work on one click, but it doesn't work either way.

Some other people who have come across this problem are here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125918 (under my post).

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John Pugh (jpugh) wrote :

Are you still having this problem. I cannot reproduce on Macbook Pro 3,1 using Intrepid Ibex 8.10. The F6 key (shows numlock) lights and the number pad on the keyboard works fine.

Please advise.

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John Pugh (jpugh) wrote :

Setting to incomplete w/o any activity.

Changed in mactel-support:
status: New → Incomplete
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Neil, if this is still not working for you, please do the debugging steps on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys/Troubleshooting . Thanks!

Changed in hal-info (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in hal-info (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
John Pugh (jpugh)
Changed in mactel-support:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in hal:
status: New → Invalid
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