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Number pad not working after power failure

Asked by Christopher

I have a odd problem. we lost power for a short period yesterday, and my laptop immediately tried to hibernate, even though it's only six months old and has plenty of battery power.

When I rebooted after power was restored, my number pad wasn't working. I have three partitions: two running 11.10 and Windows 7 on the other. On the 11.10 partition not mounted during the power loss, the number pad works fine, as it does on W7.

My power cord is connected to a surge suppressed power bar, but a surge seems to be the culprit. Any ideas on how to restore it?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Why did you not tell us the laptop make and model?

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Christopher (soft-kristal) said : 		#2

It didn't seem to be germane, as the number pad is working on my other Ubuntu 11.10 partition, but it's a Lenovo IdeaPad Z565.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Try the boot option:

pcie_aspm=off

May help

Source:
http://www.linlap.com/wiki/lenovo+ideapad+z565

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Christopher (soft-kristal) said : 		#4

Whatever happened, this, which I found on a search fixed the problem:

In 11.10 this setting can be found in Dash home -> More Apps -> System (filter) -> System Settings -> Universal Access -> Pointing and Clicking -> Mouse Keys -> OFF

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Christopher (soft-kristal) said : 		#5

I also seems to be connected with LibreOffice. Some days back I asked a question regarding its spontaneous launching when opening some, but not all folders (179245).

As I found the solution to the number pad problem on a LibreOffice thread and LibreOffice has stopped launching itself, it's highly probable.