Comments on: Ubuntu and the Number Pad That Won’t Work

By: Trenton

Trenton — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:56:01 +0000

Thanks…this post saved me some time I am sure.

By: dracuella

dracuella — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:26:47 +0000

Thank you for writing this and giving me a solution to a very puzzling feature indeed.
Thanks equally go out to Casey Watson for the shortcuts for this feature.

By: Casey Watson

Casey Watson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:26:23 +0000

Even if I turn off the “Pointer can be controlled using the keypad” feature it is enabled again after reboot.

I’ve been using the Alt-Shift-Num Lock shortcut to disable the feature each time.

By: “Repairing” the numpad in Ubuntu « Nenad Božidarević

“Repairing” the numpad in Ubuntu « Nenad Božidarević — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:35:13 +0000

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By: Robert Navarro

Robert Navarro — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:58:45 +0000

Oh thanks so much! I love it when it’s a simple solution! I must have inadvertently enabled this while programming and mashing keys in frustration =P

By: Eric Biven

Eric Biven — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:01:40 +0000

@b white:

I realize it isn’t a cure for the problem and I’d like a complete solution as much as the next guy. For me the most frustrating part is that it isn’t even consistent. It only happens on rare occasion.

However annoying following this procedure over and over may be, it does work to restore the functionality of the num pad.

By: b white

b white — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:08:47 +0000

That doesn’t solve the problem.

I have the same issue, it seems whenever I VNC to my machine that checkbox get’s checked, then when I return to my pc later, my numpad is dead.

I’d like this to never occur in the first place, It’s very annoying, especially when I don’t ‘enable’ this feature on my own, it does it automatically.

Sounds like a M$ flex.

By: www.ubuntukungfu.org

www.ubuntukungfu.org — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:18:07 +0000

Ubuntu and the Number Pad That Won’t Work | Eric Biven’s Blog…

Sometimes when I’ve been accessing my laptop remotely via VNC my number pad will quit working. The number lock is on, I can see the indicator right there. The alternate functions of the keys aren’t working either, though. So what’s up? Accessibi…