Losing 10-key pad, then mouse function

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:14:34 -0500, Earl Melton wrote:

> Thanks. I looked, but it was already unchecked. Everything is now
> working fine since pressing Shift+NumLock. I would just like to know
> what I did to make that necessary as both the keyboard and mouse had
> been working perfectly normal up until yesterday. I was mighty glad to
> find so simple a solution, though.

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>From your link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1507297 post #5:

"You may have accidentally turned it on, and hitting it again was just 
turning it off."

It seems the Shift+NumLock combination _toggles_ this behaviour.

Have fun!

    -Frans