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[Alex Karpenko <alexkarpenko@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The first thing I do on a keyboard with a numeric pad, is to enable the
numeric functionality. I always thought that having it act as a
directional pad by default is counter intuitive. I mean, I expect the
fraction of people who use it as a directional pad to be very small
compared to the number of people who use it as a number pad.

So personally, I would prefer if the default was switched to a number
pad on all keyboards (isn't that the default behaviour on OSX and
Windows anyway?!)

However, I'm leaning toward the argument that there should be no special
treatment for the apple keyboard, though I'm on the fence on this 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: Confirmed
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
Status in linux in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Committed

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.