Numlock setting not preserved by grub

Bug #1027694 reported by tomsam
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grub
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grub2 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Grub 1.99 on Ubuntu 12.04 (current version; fully updated this morning Jul 22, 2012)

On my PC, the default Numlock setting in the BIOS is ON (and since this is not a laptop, Numlock should be staying on all the day).

Before grub and Ubuntu were installed, Win7 had started correctly with Numlock on.
After that, neither Ubuntu 12.04 nor Win7 start with Numlock on.

Apparently, Numlock is on until grub is started (meaning the BIOS sets it to its default, and the Numlock led is lit).
Then Numlock is switched off at about the time the grub menu is displayed. If one of the
operation systems is selected, Numlock is not switched on again, but stays off.

See http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34547
In that bug report they state that this is a problem of the patches Ubuntu applies to grub.

Note: I know about numlockx, but this doesn't solve the problem with Win7.
And: numlockx switches Numlock on too late (meaning: after the lightdm login screen)

How do I get a correct version of grub?

Thomas

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tomsam (tomsam)
affects: ubuntu → grub (Ubuntu)
Steve Langasek (vorlon)
affects: grub (Ubuntu) → grub2 (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Lephix (lephix) wrote :

I encounter the same issue.

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Björn Carlsson (b-r-carlsson) wrote :

I run Linux Mint 16 and Windows 7 and experience the same issue.
In Mint I found a workaround by using numlockx in mdm, the same could be done for Lightgdm, but for Windows I haven't found a solution yet.

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=108658&start=20

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Julien Kosinski (julien-kosinski) wrote :

About Windows 7, I can reproduce the bug. About Ubuntu 13.10, I use numlockx too.

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