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[Frédéric Grosshans <frederic.grosshans@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe that any work/patches that were done for MacBooks are actually
> working fine: Macbook users seem to be happy with the state of the
> current kernel as above. The problem seems to only effect users of the
> slim USB keyboards(such as myself).
> 
It also affects me, using a slim USB keyboard on a MacBook

> It has been mentioned that the driver(not sure?) should detect whether
> the Apple Inc. keyboard is either the Macbook, or USB/External type and
> adapt it's behavior accordingly.
> 
Agreed

> For the USB slim keyboard, IMHO, num-lock is not needed at all. There
> are no arrows marked on the num-pad and therefore arrow function on the
> num-pad is of no use. The num-lock/clear key should definitely *NOT*
> change the behavior of the alpha-num keys, as it unfortunately does
> currently - this is the specific problem I believe.
> 
With or without numlock, I still want to be able to type numbers on the keypad. Its only functional key for me is currently the enter key. Not the most useful one ...

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Slim USB Apple Keyboard not working correctly when pressing the "numlock" key
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201887
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Triaged

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.