Bug#573918: gnome-control-center: keypad numbers disabled silently by recent update

[Jerry Quinn]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.28.1-2
Severity: important


This took me a long time to figure out.  Some recent update disabled my
ability to type numbers on the number keypad.  The numlock light is lit, but
no numbers.  I eventually tracked it down to 

keyboard-preferences->mouse keys-> pointer can be controlled using the keypad

being enabled.  An update must have enabled this behind my back.  That's not
acceptable, and if you don't already know about that, it's a royal pain to
track down.

Unclicking the checkbox makes numlock behave normally and restores my keypad
numbers.



-- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT
policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  capplets-data            1:2.28.1-2      configuration applets for GNOME - 
ii  desktop-file-utils       0.15-2          Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-desktop-data       2.28.2-1        Common files for GNOME desktop app
ii  gnome-icon-theme         2.28.0-1        GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus              2.28.0.1-3+b1   an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-settings-daemon    2.28.1-2        daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.28.0-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                    2.10.2-6        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                1.8.8-2         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0         0.22-1          Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0             0.22-1          a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2         0.84-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-9            2.28.2-1        Client library for evolution addre
ii  libfontconfig1           2.8.0-2         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6             2.3.11-1        FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4              2.28.0-1        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.22.4-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11    2.28.2-1        Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-window-settings 1:2.28.1-2      Utility library for getting window
ii  libgnomekbd4             2.28.2-1        GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.18.6-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libmetacity-private0     1:2.28.0-3      library for the Metacity window ma
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.26.2-1        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libslab0a                2.27.91-3       beautification app library file
ii  libunique-1.0-0          1.1.6-1         Library for writing single instanc
ii  libx11-6                 2:1.3.3-1       X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1              1:1.1.10-1      X cursor management library
ii  libxft2                  2.1.14-1        FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                   2:1.3-3         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier15            4.0-2           X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                  2.7.6.dfsg-2+b1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxss1                  1:1.2.0-2       X11 Screen Saver extension library

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-4    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  evolution-data-server         2.28.2-1   evolution database backend server
ii  gnome-session                 2.28.0-6   The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gnome-user-guide              2.28.2-1   GNOME user's guide
ii  policykit-1-gnome             0.96-2     GNOME authentication agent for Pol

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver             2.28.0-2   GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa [gstreamer 0.10.26-1  GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-esd [gstreamer0 0.10.18-1  GStreamer plugin for ESD
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad [gs 0.10.17-1  GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good [g 0.10.18-1  GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module        0.22-1     translates Gtk+ widgets signals to
ii  x11-xserver-utils             7.5+1      X server utilities
ii  xscreensaver                  5.10-7     Automatic screensaver for X

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