Thanks Christopher. I had edited the bug description on July 12th indicating numlockx was not responsible, but I failed to mention that it was because it wasn't not installed. I made sure and checked today, and numlockx is definitely not installed, so I actually installed it and tested the Num Lock light and the problem persisted. I then purged numlockx and the bug is still persisting. Something else is the cause, and I will edit the bug description to clarify that numlockx is definitely not the culprit because it was/is not even installed.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600478 Title: Num Lock light turns off when pressing Ctrl Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After every reset when I press either Ctrl key (for example Ctrl+Alt+T to open the terminal) the Num Lock light turns off. The Shift key also has this effect. I have to press the Num Lock button twice to turn the light back on. The Num Lock does work properly, inserting numbers as it should when pressing the keys, even with the indicator light off. This occurred on two different machines: a Dell Vostro 430 and a Lenovo m57. The light should not turn off this way, of course, so pressing Ctrl should be fixed so that it doesn't affect the numeric keypad in this unusual way. I had previously categorized this under "numlockx" package, but that was incorrect because numlockx was not even installed... I had originally made a wild attempt to identify the package because there is a lot of emphasis placed on naming the package containing the bug, but that is not always so easy to do (and when done is actually a major step in solving such elusive problems, isn't it?). Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Jul 9 09:52:12 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-24 (14 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) --- ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: dv430uuyn 2061 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: dv430uuyn 2061 F.... pulseaudio DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e8206eff-651f-4207-b0a8-9c5a06959711 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-24 (18 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) IwConfig: enp2s0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 430 Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-28-generic root=UUID=c3a8f971-548b-4666-b865-6bf917bef1c9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-28-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-28-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.2 RfKill: Tags: xenial Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 01/13/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2.4.0 dmi.board.name: 054KM3 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.4.0:bd01/13/2011:svnDellInc.:pnVostro430:pvr00:rvnDellInc.:rn054KM3:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Vostro 430 dmi.product.version: 00 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1600478/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
