At the moment I can not examine the bug on the machine (the Fujitsu- Siemens notebook) on which I originally reported it. Such testing would require to install the new system on the machine's hard drive. Once I can do the installation I will send the apport info. (Perhaps in few weeks.)
Now I can at least say that: 1.) After some time I found a simple treatment of the issue: if the keyboard gets mixed, just press three specific keys at the same time: Shift Fn Insert/Num (which is in effect just NumLock on the notebook). It helps at least on ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) with classic GNOME 2 which presently runs on the Fujitsu-Siemens. 2.) The bug does not affect my new HP ZBook 15 machine with the 64-bit ubuntu 13.10 running. Hence most likely the latest development version of ubuntu is also OK in this respect. 3.) There is still a small NumLock issue on the HP for which I will likely file in a separate report (issues with LED light indication both on the notebook and on the attached USB keyboard). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662933 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/662933/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
