Numpad disabled?

[Ilija Milicevic]

System, Preferences, Keyboard, go to the Mouse Keys tab and uncheck. The
keypad will start working.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:58 PM, alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:

> On 18/01/2011 6:57 PM, Eric wrote:
>
>> Anyone know if numpad has a separate daemon/something than the rest of the
>> kb?
>>
>> HP ProBook 6555b, Ubuntu 10.10 (everything worked out of the box,
>> btw), set to the standard US kb
>> Same kb works fine in the Win7 install(I have 10.10 on a separate drive).
>>
>> All the keys from the left side to the Enter work fine (including the
>> media keys), numlock itself and the enter on the right do work, but
>> the rest of numpad(0-9,home, end, +, -, *, / ) is unresponsive.
>>
>> Started after my 4yr-old got his hands on the mouse for a few minutes,
>> though I can't see that doing it.
>>
>> Tried removing and reinstalling the keymap, but didnt work.
>>
>> Can't think of anything else that might help, but point it out if you
>> can...
>>
>>  what did 4 yr old Do? Liquid in Keyboard? Hit Keys hard with Mouse? Might
> have damaged Switches, or Key tops. Many Key Boards now use 2 layers of
> Plastic with metal on them. If the Layers are Bent, then it will not work!
>
> Alfred!
>
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