It got broken in LP: #1845031. So they move the "numlock-state" under desktop-schemas, but as boolean and not as enum. So numlock-state is never saved in u-s-d. But manually pressing the hardware key should still work. Working on a fix.
** Changed in: unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1847858 Title: No num lock upon starting Unity session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-settings-daemon/+bug/1847858/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs