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[Jean-François Fortin Tam <nekohayo@xxxxxxxxx>]

wow, that was a very thorough and (I think) correct analysis of the
situation. I just want to say that I agree 100% (as in: every single
word) with what ChaseNeveu just wrote.

I think the proposed solutions would fix all the problems and make the
greater part of users happy; I even remember that in a mac store I
worked in recently, I was told to use fn to access the media/volume keys
(that is, on iMacs); therefore I don't know if this was the default
behavior of newer macs, but is certainly is possible and is, in my
opinion, much less dangerous (and much more functional) than the current
behavior in Hardy. Ctrl+alt+fn+F7/F9 is not a sane amount of keys to
press and hold  to switch TTYs, for example.

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Slim USB Apple Keyboard not working correctly..
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201887
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
I have the new Slim USB Apple Keyboard and in Hardy Heron (Beta) when I first boot up the alphabet keys work perfectly, but once I type in the numpad or a number, nothing happens.  After nothing happens I'm not able to use my alpha keys, either..  When I type alphabet keys after trying a number the alphabet keys produce numbers like '4' and '3'..  And many of the keys don't do anything..


I have tried setting the keyboard up as default, and as an Apple keyboard by going to System > Prefs > Keyboard -- but nothing works.

If i then unplug the keyboard to reboot the keys usually work fine until I hit a number key or the keypad again.