I also experienced this weird NumLock state described by Egmont (5 is a digit, the rest are cursor keys).
I only use one keyboard layout (Hungarian) and don't want to switch it to any other, thus I deleted the English one in the System Settings / Text Entry. But after startup my keyboard layout is mostly set to English (which is also described by others, e.g. http://askubuntu.com/questions/362973/keyboard-layout-switches-to-english-each-time-i-reboot). Setxkbmap shows the following: $ setxkbmap -query rules: evdev model: pc105 layout: us So I have to manually switch to Hungarian either by 1.) clicking on the only Hungarian item in the keyboard indicator, (Setxkbmap shows: rules: evdev model: pc105 layout: hu,us variant: , ) 2.) or entering setxkbmap hu in the terminal. (Setxkbmap shows: rules: evdev model: pc105 layout: hu ) But after this and using any modifier key (e.g. switching tasks with Alt+Tab or switching desktops with Ctrl+Alt+cursors) I face the mentioned inconsistent numpad state. BTW numlockx says: $ numlockx status Numlock is on Since I have to do the layout switching only once after startup I overcame this faulty behavior with a script starting automatically after login, as follows: #!/bin/sh setxkbmap hu numlockx off numlockx on -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247668 Title: NumLock turned off on layout switch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1247668/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
