I just found out what probably causes it for me. This is silly. and slightly embarassing.
In keyboard preferences > layouts > kb layout options > caps lock key behaviour I had caps lock behavior set to "caps lock toggles Shift so all keys are affected". This is not the default setting (although I can't remember changing it). As a result pressing the numlock key while caps lock was enabled in effect triggers a shift+numlock which enables mousekeys. Setting the caps lock key behaviour back to default ensures that numlock only enables/disables numlock even with capslock enabled (as you'd expect). This almost certainly solved it for me. The link with VNC/RDP here -for me at least, is probably just the fact that I use capslock on the remote machine. On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:19 PM, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #530993 > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=530993 > > ** Also affects: vino via > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=530993 > Importance: Unknown > Status: Unknown > > -- > mouse keys turns on randomly > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192508 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- mouse keys turns on randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192508 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
