Disable numlockx on laptops

[Kev Bowring]

We added numlockx to seed - so numlock is on at login window https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-meta/+bug/1746556

Can we disable on laptops.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xubuntu-default-settings - 18.04.5

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xubuntu-default-settings (18.04.5) bionic; urgency=medium

  [ Krytarik Raido ]
  * Use 55numlockx to not enable numlock for laptops (LP: #1759112)

 -- Sean Davis <email address hidden> Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:21:14 -0400

[Pjotr12345 (computertip)]

OK, but what if you have a big laptop that does have a separate numeric keypad?

[Isidoro Gonzalez (isi-g-marquez)]

There's still a bug in line 23 of file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55numlockx.
ltd=/usr/sbin/laptop-detect
should be
ltd=/usr/bin/laptop-detect

since file in package laptop-detect is /usr/bin/laptop-detect

Present state makes login in a laptop without separate keypad troublesome.
Since NumLock stays on, you think you're typing the correct password
but that's not the case. You can keep trying until you realize that
NumLock is on, which can be a long time, since that, unless CapLock,
isn't advertised.

[Pjotr12345 (computertip)]

Even when laptop-detect is being called properly: there are also laptops that *do* have a separate numeric keypad. On those, the numeric keypad should be turned on....

I can't help but feeling that installing numlockx by default, is a design choice that creates more problems than it solves.

[Kev Bowring (flocculant)]

@ pjotr12345 - the 55numlockx file is supposed to check for this - perhaps you can test it. You'll need to edit the file to make ltd=/usr/sbin/laptop-detect ltd=/usr/bin/laptop-detect as that's moved.

[Kev Bowring (flocculant)]

Alternatively - updated numlockx is on the way, currently in -proposed.

[Georg Schwarz (georg-schwarz)]

With Xubuntu 10.04 on a Macbook, although that machine is correctly identified as a laptop, Numlock is on by default. This is because the internal keyboard is (technically correctly) recognized as a USB keyboard by 55numlockx.
The solution was to explicitly set numlock off in /etc/default/numlockx.

[Lars Horst (horstl)]

I can confirm that correcting /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55numlockx did not help. The solution I used is to set numlock off in /etc/default/numlock like Georg Schwarz.