Martin Konopka, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been
any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an
issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development
release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
the development release from a Terminal
(Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-input-evdev REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is
already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one
would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

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** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  keyboard mapping mixed up upon pressing NumLock

Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xorg

  I have a notebook (Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo PRO V3205) which I often use
  with an external USB keyboard attached when I am at home. However if
  NumLock is active I can not normally use the notebook's own keyboard
  because its keyboard mapping is mixed up. For example when I press 'o'
  it types '6' on the terminal window. And many other keys are also
  incorrectly associated. (The external keyboard types OK.)

  And now what is a quite unpleasant and a very serious closely related
  problem. The problem occurs following next few simple steps.

  1.) I have the external USB keyboard attached with the NumLock active.
  2.) I shut the operating system down.
  3.) I detach the external keyboard.
  4.) I start up the machine again. (I have automatic login set up.)
  5.) I open a terminal and try to type (now using notebook's own keyboard). It 
types incorrectly. For example I get '6' instead of 'o' as I mentioned above.
  6.) There is no easy way (at least for me) to get the correct keyboard 
mapping. The NumLock on my notebook is active but there is no way how to switch 
it off (because there is no dedicated key to do the switch on the notebook's 
keyboard). Even rebooting the machine does not help. Yes, there is a key named 
"Insert Num" and it indicates NumLock status "on" (by blue LED) under such 
circumstances. However pressing this key does not turn the NumLock status off.

  Please imagine that such a situation happens say in a train where you
  do not have any external keyboard available. In such a situation a
  non-expert user gets lost because he/she has no way how to get the
  correct keybord mapping. (The only way would be to attach an external
  USB keyboard but he/she has left the thing at home, of course).

  So, user gets to this awkward situation when he/she (at that moment
  being e.g. in a house) shuts down the OS  with the NumLock key on and
  after that he/she tries to use such notebook without having an
  external keyboard at hand (typically in a train). Please realise that
  it is quite common to leave the NumLock key on. I think the key even
  turns on automatically in my case.

  Finally, I noticed that the keyboard mapping is incorrect also in text
  console (Alt F2 for example) but it is differently incorrect.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDmesg:
   [   20.568419] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
   [   96.362463] PPP BSD Compression module registered
   [   96.387182] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
   [  235.933126] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
   [  266.877151] [drm:drm_mode_getfb] *ERROR* invalid framebuffer id
  Date: Mon Oct 18 22:00:28 2010
  DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  MachineType: FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO Pro V3205
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic 
root=UUID=710ce00a-a2a7-42b2-a7b7-836672d4c674 ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  dmi.bios.date: 02/14/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix
  dmi.bios.version: 1.20
  dmi.board.name: 10AD
  dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU
  dmi.board.version: 03
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnPhoenix:bvr1.20:bd02/14/2007:svnFUJITSUSIEMENS:pnAMILOProV3205:pvrREV1:rvnFUJITSU:rn10AD:rvr03:cvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: AMILO Pro V3205
  dmi.product.version: REV1
  dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
  glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  system:
   distro:             Ubuntu
   codename:           lucid
   architecture:       i686
   kernel:             2.6.32-25-generic

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