Thinkpad numeric keypad doesn't do numbers
Reinhard Tartler
siretart at tauware.de
Sun Mar 26 12:14:20 UTC 2006
Laura Conrad wrote:
> I have a Thinkpad R50e that I'm running Breezy Badger Ubuntu on. It
> has a laptop keyboard without a separate keypad, but when you do
> numlock, some of the ordinary keys are supposed to be a keypad. This
> isn't working correctly. When I press numlock, most of the keypad
> keys don't work at all in unshifted mode. In shifted mode, they do
> produce the numbers, but of course, the point of a keypad is to be
> able to enter numbers with only one hand.
This is this bug:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/35080/
This bug has been recently fixed in dapper, so it should be fixed for
you when you upgrade.
Greetings,
Reinhard
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