Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Number pad / Numeric keypad not working in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

This was getting really annoying. Luckily, the solution was simple:

Click on System->Preferences->Keyboard
Open Mouse Keystab.
Uncheck "Allow to control the pointer using the keyboard"



Enjoy!
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36 comments:

  1. Ronan SkehillAugust 27, 2008 at 8:42 PM

    I did an update recently and the keypad stopped working.. very annoying and I couldn't figure out why!

    Thanks for you solution!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2008 at 2:30 AM

    Same here. Thanks!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2008 at 4:25 AM

    Thanks for this post. Fixed annoying problem in few seconds.

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  4. Geoff JacobsOctober 22, 2008 at 2:05 PM

    Thanks for that, worked for me too.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 28, 2008 at 11:34 AM

    Jesus H. Norbert! Which epic retard over at Canonical thought this was a sane default? Wankers!

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  6. AnonymousNovember 11, 2008 at 8:29 AM

    Interesting to know.

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  7. AdminDecember 8, 2008 at 3:31 PM

    thanks dude ,

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2009 at 3:58 AM

    Just used this tip today as num lock started failing

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2009 at 4:48 AM

    tahnsk pal you helped me a lot!

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  10. AndrewMarch 3, 2009 at 4:12 AM

    I had the same problem after an automated update last week. Thanks for the help!

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  11. AnonymousMarch 3, 2009 at 5:53 AM

    Muchisimas Gracias!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  12. AnonymousMay 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    Thaks a Ton...
    Was Helpful

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  13. AnonymousMay 18, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    Another hearty thanks!

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  14. UnknownJune 18, 2009 at 12:06 AM

    wow, i've been dealing with this problem for weeks now. thanks for the solution! fyi, this worked on my 8.10 Intrepid.

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  15. JamesJune 25, 2009 at 10:20 PM

    Thanks!

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  16. tanevramouAugust 11, 2009 at 6:13 AM

    Yep, after a year from your post this stupid problem still exists...not good Ubuntu team. Thank you very much. (Ubuntu 8.10 here)

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  17. UnknownOctober 2, 2009 at 4:57 AM

    same here. what a ridiculous thing to do, thanks for the short but useful post.

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  18. AnonymousOctober 5, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    Hah, proof my computer is out to get me! fixed things with Ubuntu 8.10

    Thanks for posting this
    Suzanne

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  19. leBolideOctober 30, 2009 at 2:11 AM

    Fixed it for me on 9.04 today, although the checkbox has been renamed "Pointer can be controlled using the keypad"

    Although, I'm not completely sure whether this was caused by an update or by my connecting via VNC to remotely control my desktop.

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  20. AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 5:40 PM

    dude this is amazing i would have never though about it in a million year thank you very much

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  21. ciscoNovember 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    hooray! many thanks! It works on 9.10 too.

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  22. AnonymousNovember 15, 2009 at 9:37 PM

    One more to say Thanks!

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  23. M@February 1, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    saved me a bunch of time, thanks!!!

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  24. UnknownFebruary 18, 2010 at 5:38 AM

    THANKS A LOT!!!

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  25. usabookzFebruary 26, 2010 at 6:32 PM

    thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

    i thought i was going crazy i even tried working keyboards almost bought a usb keyboard

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  26. AnonymousMarch 8, 2010 at 1:38 AM

    Thanks is indeed in place!

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  27. ankitJune 9, 2010 at 8:14 PM

    Great..
    Thanks for the solution.
    It works for me on Ubuntu 10.4.

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  28. Rafal MagdaJune 16, 2010 at 3:16 AM

    I got this issue after upgrade to 10.04. Thank you a lot for fixing that weird bug.

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  29. AnonymousJuly 4, 2010 at 3:04 AM

    AWESOME. did it for me after reaading a lot about changing config files which i can do but did not want to. thx!

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  30. Romano GttiNovember 19, 2010 at 8:06 PM

    Thanks a lot! I was fighting with xcircuit while I found this... saved my day (couple of hours, at least).

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  31. AnonymousDecember 3, 2010 at 4:19 PM

    Thanks a bunch. Was starting to have seconds thoughts about my switch to Linux. lol

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  32. UnknownDecember 13, 2010 at 8:28 AM

    Thanks for the help, I am not worthy, I am not worthy

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  33. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    This is toggled by Shift-NumLock, by the way. You don't have to go to the menu to change it. It can be annoying if you press that by mistake and can't work out the problem, but definitely a useful shortcut key to know.

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  34. JonApril 21, 2011 at 5:40 AM

    Thanks, you just solved my issue in 10.10.....

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  35. StimpyAWSeptember 21, 2012 at 9:47 AM

    Thanks for posting this, this fix my issue to currently running 10.04LTS.

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  36. AnonymousOctober 2, 2013 at 10:07 PM

    Hi, thanks for this helpful post. It fixed my problem in one click.

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