On 05/17/2016 07:23 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 05/17/2016 07:09 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
I am really sure there is no numlock key on this keyboard. If it's hidden, I'd identify it how? Every key has a label, some have two, none are numlock or anything that could possibly be interpreted as being numlock.
The external keyboard is a full keyboard and doesn't have a numlock key or it's just the number pad? Try installing the numlockx package and see if that helps. On my laptop, using that program to turn on the numlock does not affect the embedded number pad on my laptop the same way as using the numlock key, but maybe it will work for your external one.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a USB full keyboard right now, so I used a PS/2 keyboard through a USB converter. There were some odd issues with the numlock on it, but I was still able to get the answers I was looking for.
The capslock and numlock states are global. Change it on one keyboard and all keyboards get updated and function accordingly. Except the laptop keyboard apparently does some internal magic and will only switch the overlayed numpad if the numlock on the laptop keyboard is used. But if I use the laptop numlock key, then the number pad on the external keyboard is switched as well. Using a USB number pad, the numlock state has no effect on it as expected.
In summary, that numlockx program should solve your problem although I'm still very confused that you have a full keyboard with a number pad but no numlock key... Any chance of a photo?