Public bug reported: hello,
I want to report a bug that is not functional but rather semantical one. It deals with the right side of standard keyboards (used in standard manner) usually named numeric keypad and the corresponding "num-lock" indicator led. I don't know why none of the linux distribution I've ever tried honour this so much simple interpretation of what the keypad is meant for. The bug is that when using a keyboard that has a numeric pad, we MUST press the "num-lock" key to activate the pad! Furthermore, if we set in the BIOS (meaning at really low level) the option to have it activated, linux doesn't take care of this information for a penny; leading to the semantical bug I'm describing : - AT system startup - "num-lock" indicator led is ON - BUT NEITHER numeric pad - NOR alternate arrow keys (alternative meaning of the numeric pad) are functional - INSTEAD of numbers showing or cursor moving (standard interpretation of arrow keys) we have those really really ugly \033 ... noises. I know there are work-around like modifying underlying configuration files or using tools that does it for us. But it would be nice for a system that want it to be user friendly to have a solution that is no more a work-around but a work-through. For example we may think to integrate those tools as an option in keyboard properties windows (or better with locale settings). PLATFORM INFORMATION : - USB AZERTY 105 keys keyboard - OS : Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 - X server : Xorg BUG SEVERITY : MEDIUM BUG URGENCY : LOW Thanks to those who'll have a look to this bug. best regards, Uğur PS : please do no more use \033 in your scripts or codes and try to clean existing ones, there are now sound cards with costly pc speaker and so much nicer way to signal that the system doesn't understand what user wants. Leave this ugly speaker to low level hardware such as the BIOS when it perform POST, or when it signal CPU overheating and hardware problems. "Un OS c'est comme un fonctionnaire, long a commencer la journée, prend souvent des pauses, tombe souvent malade, et termine sont service avant l'heure." ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- numeric pad and num-lock led misbehaviour https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350324 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs