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[Fedor Isakov <fisakov+launchpad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Justin,

you may be surprised to learn, that despite you don't believe people are
looking for Numlock button where it's supposed to be, it's actually the
case. Well, except maybe for hardcore Mac users. But they don't have a
reason to look for it anyway.

On the other hand, who really knows what Clear button is supposed to do?
Given the pictogram displayed on that key, I bet rarely anyone without
Mac experience would be able to decipher that. Also, BootCamp emulates
Numlock on Windows with Clear key.

I think people are smart enough to guess that Clear == Numlock.

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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.