On 05/18/2016 08:16 AM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Samuel Sieb samuel@sieb.net wrote:
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.
That did the trick *and* the rest of the keyboard, and the laptop keyboard, function normally. So I kinda wonder why this isn't the default in GNOME. Ha, I'll file a bug and find out what happens.
On desktops, the default is numlock on. For most laptops, having the numlock default on would be a disaster as the number pad is overlayed on the rest of the keyboard. Add numlockx to your X (Gnome?) startup list. In case you don't know, just add a .desktop file in .config/autostart for it.