I believe this is a BIOS issue. I have fixed it by entering the BIOS (pressing the blue ThinkVantage button during boot) and editing the following configuration:
Hit F1 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Enter: 'Config' menu -> Enter: 'Keyboard/Mouse' menu -> Edit: 'ThinkPad NumLock' [from Independent to Synchronized] Reboot the computer and run: sudo input-events -t30 3" and press "Fn+NmLk You should receive outputs for each press: /dev/input/event3 bustype : BUS_I8042 vendor : 0x1 product : 0x1 version : 43860 name : "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" phys : "isa0060/serio0/input0" bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_MSC EV_LED EV_REP waiting for events 11:58:52.899591: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 11:58:56.004989: EV_MSC code=4 value=69 11:58:56.005006: EV_KEY KEY_NUMLOCK (0x45) pressed 11:58:56.005012: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 11:58:56.005439: EV_LED code=0 value=1 11:58:56.060590: EV_MSC code=4 value=69 11:58:56.060604: EV_KEY KEY_NUMLOCK (0x45) released 11:58:56.060609: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 11:58:57.262065: EV_MSC code=4 value=69 11:58:57.262080: EV_KEY KEY_NUMLOCK (0x45) pressed -- ThinkPad T61: num lock key generates an input event when turning on, but not off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281669 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
