Bug 714845

Summary: Numeric pad doesn't work in most applications
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Andrig Miller <andrig.t.miller>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-keyboardAssignee: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer>
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Andrig Miller 2011-06-21 04:29:39 UTC 
Description of problem:

I have an HP Envy 17", and the keyboard has a full numeric key pad on the right.  It worked fine up until sometime during the F14 lifecycle.  I am now on F15, and it is still broken.

It only works in the calculator application, and not all keys work there.  In all other applications, the numeric key pad doesn't work at all.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.5.99.901-2.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:

All the time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type any number on the numeric key pad, and it doesn't work at all. 
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Actual results:

I get either a error sound (like in a password dialog), or simply nothing happens, or sometimes I get odd results, like when I hit the 2 on the numeric key pad while typing this, the cursor went to the next line.

Expected results:

Should type the numbers 0-9, as well as /, *, - + and ., as well as the enter key.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2011-06-21 12:43:33 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report.  We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue.

Please attach

* your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf, if available),
* X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log)
* output of "xkbcomp -xkb $DISPLAY -",
* evtest against the device file (/dev/input/<find in /var/log/Xorg.0.log which one it is for your keyboard>), and
* system log (/var/log/messages)

to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link above.

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.
Comment 2 Andrig Miller 2011-06-21 19:12:38 UTC 
Created attachment 505880 [details]
Xorg log file
Comment 3 Andrig Miller 2011-06-21 19:13:14 UTC 
Created attachment 505881 [details]
xkbcomp command output
Comment 4 Andrig Miller 2011-06-21 19:28:14 UTC 
Created attachment 505883 [details]
evtest output

My /var/log/messages files are empty.
Comment 5 Peter Hutterer 2011-08-11 23:13:45 UTC 
kernel events look good, what does xev say about the events?
Comment 6 Andrig Miller 2011-11-21 05:54:08 UTC 
I have been able to get this working with the following workaround.  I went into the keyboard layout settings, and into the miscellaneous compatibility options, and selected that the numeric keyboard should work like on the Macintosh.

Then it all works as expected.
Comment 7 Peter Hutterer 2011-11-29 04:27:29 UTC 
heh. all that changes is that the default level of the numpad are the numbers, not the cursor keys. Pressing numlock should've had the same effect, no?
Comment 8 Andrig Miller 2011-11-29 04:34:15 UTC 
(In reply to comment #7)
> heh. all that changes is that the default level of the numpad are the numbers,
> not the cursor keys. Pressing numlock should've had the same effect, no?



There is no numlock key on the HP Envy laptops.
Comment 9 Peter Hutterer 2011-11-29 04:38:13 UTC 
ah, that explains it then. I'll close this as WORKSFORME, this is the simplest option you have if you don't have a numlock key.