This bug was fixed in the package gnome-screensaver - 3.2.0-1ubuntu8
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gnome-screensaver (3.2.0-1ubuntu8) precise; urgency=low
* debian/patches/22_dont_show_numlock_warning.patch: Don't show a warning
for the numlock key, as some hardware tracks numlock status
differently. (LP: #841541, LP: #877456, LP: #835649)
* debian/patches/21_properly_lock_when_activated.patch: Updated with
final upstream commit.
-- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauri...@ubuntu.com> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:15:02
-0500
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877456
Title:
Who cares about num lock?
Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
The gnome screensaver is the only application I have ever used, ever,
that thinks that num lock being on is something I should be warned
about when entering a password.
This seems pointless as people generally do not change num lock during
computer use, or if they do, it's not to the frequency of using caps
lock.
Further, numlock being off, which appears to be the preferred state
because that removes the warning, is an old-school habit, increasingly
unusual.
Please remove this warning. It is warning against the normative state,
and it doesn't provide useful information. It's just screen clutter.
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