if numlock enabled and screensaver / password pops up, numlock cannot be disabled

[Susan Cragin]

I was working on something, pressed Fn-NmLk on my Lenovo, and walked away. When I got back, the screensaver / password protection had kicked in. The numlock was still active and could not be disabled. So I could not log back on.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: x11-xkb-utils 7.6+4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 11 09:52:52 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: x11-xkb-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Hi,

Are you positive this is to do with the screensaver being on? I can enabled and disable NumLock just fine when the screensaver is on (though I don't have a Lenovo to confirm).

[Susan Cragin (susancragin)]

I would like to mark this bug invalid.
Numlock got stuck in another instance outside the screensaver later, and today the bug, if bug it was, appears to be fixed.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Ok, thanks.

Btw, you can update bug statuses directly yourself - go to the bug report at http://bugs.launchpad.net, then click the downward pointing arrow on the left of the screen next to the package name. There is a dropdown box to set the status. Then click Save.