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grub2 package

Make grub leave Block Num on

Asked by Braiam Peguero

I have this issue since Karmic, but now it's the last since I've upgraded to Natty and the issue it still there. I have 2 disk configuration, and I can select at boot time the disk what I want to boot. When I boot directly to Windows the Block Num stays on, but when I use grub and then Ubuntu or Windows, grub shuts down the Block Num. This is by design, or there is a way to modify this behavior.

If this question is a wish, please change it to a bug and I will triage it.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Do you mean NUM LOCK?

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Braiam Peguero (braiampe) said : 		#2

Yes. My keyboard is in Spanish.

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#3

Not absolutely sure, but Num Lock is managed in Ubuntu by X server, which means during and since graphical login screen. Before, the keyboard is in its default configuration.

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Braiam Peguero (braiampe) said : 		#4

@delance, actualy both, grub a gdm, set the Num lock off. As I said before, the num lock is on after the POST, if I interrupt and boot directly into windows, the num lock stays on. But if use the grub to start windows or ubuntu the num lock is shutdown. In the gdm is another history.

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Braiam Peguero (braiampe) said : 		#5

i mean grub and gdm in the first line

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#6

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Braiam Peguero (braiampe) said : 		#7

I need to report a bug to the grub package or upstream?

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#8

http://ubuntuguide.net/enable-number-pad-numlock-at-startup-in-ubuntu-login-window
I had no time to read it. Have a look and tell me if it address your problem.

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