Thanks. Could you please tell us the exact brand/model of your keyboard? Do you have another keyboard somewhere that you could try?
It sounds strange I know, but apparently on a few computers the numpad keys start producing different keycodes when numlock is off (namely the keycodes of the standalone cursor keys). I have no clue yet if it's a problem with the keyboard itself, or the motherboard, bios, what else tries to be more clever than it should... Make sure NumLock is off. From a terminal start "xev", and press numpad 1. A few friends confirmed to me that they see "keycode 87, keysym KP_End" which is I think the expected result. On the other hand, I see "keycode 115, keysym End" which apparently somehow leads to the broken behavior, I guess you also see this latter. (Just for reference: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600659#c63 is a totally different bug apparently caused by the same underlying weird keycode change.) ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #600659 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600659 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247668 Title: NumLock turned off on layout switch Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Extracting from bug 1218322, confirmed there by multiple users: When switching the keyboard layout using a shortcut (such as Alt+Shift), NumLock functionality is (mostly) turned off. More precisely: it goes into an inconsistent state where pressing numpad 5 inserts the digit 5, but the other numpad keys move the cursor. Pressing the NumLock key turns it off completely (pressing numpad 5 no longer does anything), and pressing once again turns it on. This means that if someone prefers to have the NumLock functionality switched on all the time, they have to press the NumLock key twice after each layout change. I find this a huge usability problem. (I don't have a LED, so I cannot tell how that one is lit.) The bug is not present when changing the layout via the indicator applet. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-0ubuntu11.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Nov 3 21:54:37 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (522 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-12 (21 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/1247668/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
