USB num pad (combined with mouse) overrides NumLock on laptop keyboard

[Avi Greenbury]

Adam Funk wrote:
> Is there anything I can configure to completely disable the num pad
> functionality on the main keyboard, while still allowing the external
> one to work, so I can use this set-up the way I want?

Usually this is a hardware implementation - the OS is unaware that when
num-lock is enabled the keys all have funny meanings - so I'd poke
around the BIOS to see if you can disable it there.

That might get you round the weird behaviour, though that does sound
more softwarey to me.

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Avi