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Numpad behaviour constantly changing

I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Ubuntu 12.10 installed and I have a problem with the Numpad/Num Lock behaviour (standard Hungarian layout). Sometimes when I press Home (key 7) it types 7 (or press ...
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Num pad blinks all time

I use Ubuntu 12.10 on acer notebook. Now the problem is when I connect external keyboard to notebook, numlock blinks all time, and I can't use num-pad numbers. Problem exists with both external ...
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xmodmap, keyboard shortcuts, numpad

EDIT: after frustrations with this, I have decided to take an entire different route, I am no longer interested in this, but am not able to delete it. That said, the problem still exists, and maybe ...
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Why is my Laptop keyboard messed up after plugging an external keyboard?

I'm running xubuntu 12.04 on a 2007 macbook. I'm using the laptop with external screen, keyboard and mouse. Yesterday after a dist-upgrade and after I unplugged the external keyboard I noticed that ...
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Cannot activate num pad at all

I have two accounts on the same machine. Num pad on one account it working normally e.g. I can turn it ON/OFF via NumLock button. The num pad on the other account on this machine stopped working. I ...
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Desktop keyboard behaves like laptop keyboard when numlock is on

I have fully updated ubuntu 12.04 installed on my desktop. The problem is when I turn on NumLock, the keyboard behaves like a laptop keyboard making the keys "mjkluio789" correspond to "0-9". I've had ...
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Can no longer position windows with keyboard (Compiz Grid feature broken)

Problem description The compiz grid feature just stopped working a couple of days ago: for instance I used to be able to move a terminal window to the top left corner by pressing ...
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How do I setup pointer-keys/mouse-keys in Lubuntu? (move cursor with num-pad keys)

I know there is an easy way to set up mouse emulation with the numpad in Xubuntu and Ubuntu. Is there an easy way to do so in lubuntu? is there a config file that can be edited, or does a program need ...
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How can I disable “Pointer can be controlled using the keypad” function on Laptop?

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 on Desktop but Ubuntu originally was installed on laptop. Numeric keypad on my keyboard was set as mouse moving and mouse button. No matter how I toggle Num lock and change the ...
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Emulate Keypad on Laptop

I have a laptop without a numeric keypad on which I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, and I very much enjoy playing roguelike games. Such games tend to require a numpad for movement, targeting, &c., as one ...
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How can I disable “SHIFT + NUMLOCK” from toggling on the MouseKeys? [closed]

Is there a way to prevent the shortcut key "SHIFT + NUMLOCK" from toggling on the MouseKeys feature ? I can't find it under "System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts". I am running Oneiric / Gnome 3
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Turn Mousekeys on/off from keyboard

I have mousekeys turned on in the Universal Access menu and lots of posts as well as this documentation page: https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/ubuntu-help/mouse-mousekeys.html mention that NUMLOCK or ...
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How to make numpad key binds such as Ctrl + Alt + 1 work in KDE?

I am running latest Kubuntu KDE, was trying to set up virtual desktop switching key bindings same as I used in Gnome: Ctrl+Alt+Number_Of_Desktop. I always used numpad to press the number, but this ...
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How to bind to ctrl+alt+plus? [closed]

I would like to bind volume up/down to Ctrl+Alt++ and -, but AFAIK the X server catches those key combinations and uses them for resolution change. Now when I press Ctrl+Alt++ or -, nothing happens, ...
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numpad-mouse stopped working properly [closed]

My numpad-mouse (emulation of the mouse with numpad) stopped working properly. I suspect it was after some update, but Ive got no idea which, Ubuntu performs so many of them. I tried booting older ...
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XUbuntu: Make Shift+NumPad work like Windows

Ok, I've used Ubuntu with GNOME for a while, but now I'm using XUbuntu. In Ubuntu, there used to be a keyboard preference which makes the numpad more sane, it was called something like "Make ...
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Make shortcut for navigational functions

Is there anyway to create shortcuts for functions like Home, End, Pg Up, Pg Down, etc? I frequently use the aforementioned keys, however those keys are only available when the numpad is disabled - ...
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Numpad not working [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Numeric keypad not working I can't really understand why this is not working and maybe this is a bug, but it used to work as I rememeber and is working correctly under ...
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How to get numpad out of “mouse emulation” mode?

My numeric keypad has somehow got into a "mouse emulation" mode where the number keys just move the mouse pointer around (2 = down; 8 = up, 6 = right, etc). Anyone know how to make it work normally ...