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gnome-settings-daemon package

Numlock cant be set "off"

Bug #933405 reported by dino99 on 2012-02-16

This bug affects 18 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Sebastien Bacher	Ubuntu ubuntu-12.04-beta-1

Bug Description

I'm logged as gnome-classic and does not find the package to blame.

Since the past 12 hours updates the numlock is always set to "on" and there is no way to set it "off" on my desktop system. The most recents updates i can remember are: onboard, gcc, lightdm, screensaver & devscripts; but cant find a related changelog to this issue.

An other user have the same issue with its laptop: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11693059#post11693059
A maybe related fix: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/841541

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-16-generic-pae 3.2.0-16.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: oem 2665 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfebfc000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC882'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0882,1043e601,00100101'
   Controls : 44
   Simple ctrls : 25
Date: Thu Feb 16 12:30:41 2012
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0a9ca7f0-6eeb-4b21-b70f-670fa600de16
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC P5W DH Deluxe
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-16-generic-pae root=UUID=9e61e83e-bca9-43cf-aa90-5a68892213fa ro quiet crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M acpi_osi=Linux
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-16-generic-pae N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-16-generic-pae N/A
linux-firmware 1.69
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: zram
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3001
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5W DH Deluxe
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3001:bd10/22/2009:svnASUSTEKCOMPUTERINC:pnP5WDHDeluxe:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5WDHDeluxe:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: P5W DH Deluxe
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC

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lp://qastaging/ubuntu/precise/gnome-settings-daemon

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2012-02-16:

AcpiTables.txt Edit (176.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AlsaDevices.txt Edit (577 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AplayDevices.txt Edit (528 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ArecordDevices.txt Edit (670 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (56.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt Edit (14.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (6.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (15.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (407 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (616 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (235 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PulseSinks.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PulseSources.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (136.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (279.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (7.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-02-16:

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

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Quackers (quackers) wrote on 2012-02-16:

Me too
The only way I can type normally is to hold down the Fn key whilst typing.
Have tried all normal ways to turn off num lk, with no effect.

This is on a Sony Vaio laptop.

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Maximilian Federle (ppd) wrote on 2012-02-16:

A workaround is to change the key "remember-numlock-state"
in org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.keyboard in dconf-editor to false.

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2012-02-16:

Thanks Maximilian
but this key still stay set "on" if the numlock key is activated, no way back then.

tags:

added: regression-update

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2012-02-16:

# above is false, sorry Maximilian, it effectively works if remember-numlock-state is unchecked (default is "true"

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Maximilian Federle (ppd) wrote on 2012-02-16:

This might be a bug in gnome-settings-daemon.
However this is just a guess and I'll leave it up to the original reporter or someone else
to change this as I did not investigate any further...

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Maximilian Federle (ppd) wrote on 2012-02-16:

Okay. I'm sorry for the double post. Downgrading to gnome-settings-daemon of version
3.2.2-0ubuntu17 gets rid of this bug.

affects:

linux (Ubuntu) → gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2012-02-16

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
milestone:	none → ubuntu-12.04-beta-1
assignee:	nobody → Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2012-02-16

summary:

- [Precise i386] Numlock cant be set "off"
+ Numlock cant be set "off"

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-02-16:

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-settings-daemon - 3.3.5-0ubuntu2

---------------
gnome-settings-daemon (3.3.5-0ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low

* debian/patches/git_numlock_status.patch:
- correctly update the numlock status (lp: #933405)
-- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:47:19 +0100

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Released

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emelce (mtlang) wrote on 2012-02-16:

#10

one way to get rid of the bug for a while:
settings - keyboard - layoutsettings - layout - options - use keyboard LED to show alternative layout: set to NumLock

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Dmitry Shachnev (mitya57) wrote on 2012-02-19:

#11

I still experience this bug with 3.3.5-0ubuntu3 and use the same workaround emelce just mentioned.
Moreover, when I tried to uncheck that option to ensure that this bug still exists with the latest updates, g-s-d crashed - see bug 935987 for that.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2012-02-20:

#12

If you still have the bug after restarting you probably hit a different bug, the issue listed there got confirmed to be fixed by several users

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