Number Lock reversed after update

David the H. · 06-20-2008, 01:48 PM

Ever since I ran a big apt update the other day, the number lock on my keyboards act in reverse. When the light's on, the numbers don't register, and vice-versa. I'm guessing it's a bug somewhere in xorg or kde or something, because I have two different systems, an x86 and an x86_64, and it's the same with both of them.

It's not a serious problem in any case, but has anyone else experienced this or know of a bug report or anything?

bcwagne · 06-20-2008, 05:14 PM

Huh...I didn't notice until I saw your post, but yeah, mine is doing that as well.

bcwagne · 06-20-2008, 05:18 PM

It doesn't happen on a clean console (tty1), only in X. I got into a terminal in X, switched the numlock key so that it was off, then turned off numlockx, then switched it so the light was on, then turned numlock x back on. It seemed to fix the problem, at least for now, but I don't know once I log off again.

David the H. · 06-22-2008, 07:43 AM

Thanks for the tip about numlockx. Toggling it a couple of times fixed it for me too. It also persists through a restart of X at least, but the question of whether or not it will last through a system restart will have to wait until I have a need to shut it down (probably soon though, I have a new pci card sitting nearby waiting for installation). Since the problem seems to be in the X system, however, It seems fairly certain that it will stick.

bcwagne · 06-23-2008, 06:27 AM

Yes...the problem returns after system restart.