+ and - keys no longer zooming in Firefox

[Liam Proven]

2009/2/17 Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com>:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>> 2009/2/17 David Tuñón <davidtf at gmail.com>:
>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 14:34, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> This is odd. A few days ago, the numeric keypad [+] and [-] keys
>>>> stopped working for text zoom in Firefox. I'm on 3.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.10,
>>>> all current, everything else working fine. No recent software changes.
>>> I try CRTL + and CRTL - right now in my Firefox 3.0.6 and it is working.
>>> Have you tried using View ->Zoom options instead of the shortcut?
>>
>> Yes, zooming still works, it is the shortcut keys that do not.
>>
>>> You can also try this key combination in another application like gnome
>>> terminal and see what happens.
>>
>> I don't know of any other apps I have that use Ctrl-[+]/[-] to zoom...
>> It doesn't do anything in GNOME terminal. (Well, actually, it prints
>> "other other"...)
>>
>> (Experimenting)
>>
>> Aha! It looks like my numeric keypad isn't typing characters at all...
>> OK, I shall try a reboot, a disconnect/reconnect & failing that,
>> another physical keyboard.
>>
>
> This might be an absurd question,, but have you tried the Numlock Key?
> Normally, numlock doesn't affect the + - and Enter keys, but I have seen
> non-standard keyboards that re-purpose these when Numlock is not on.

Yes, I have, and it's fair enough to ask! :¬)

It seems to make no difference if it's on or off. Neither editing mode
nor number mode is working.

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