keypad / numlock problem?

[Surreal]

Hello,

I have Linux Mint 11 x64 installed on my laptop and i'm encountering a problem with my keypad.

Normally under Windows Numlock is enabled by default and under Linux it's all messed up.

For example; if i type text and i press 'Home' to go to the beginning of a sentence i get the number 7 instead,
and when i press 'Shift + Home' i go to the beginning of the sentence but without selecting it :S

After some googling i came across the following solution;

Installing Numlockx, adding the code below to /etc/gdm/Init/Default

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if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi

Now Numlock is enabled after rebooting but it's not functioning as it should be,
which i find incredibly annoying

Has anyone found a solution to this problem or will i have to live with this?

[xenopeek]

Numlock acts just the same as Capslock on Windows. That is, the shift key is a modifier to it.

With Capslock enabled you type in upper case letters, but you can press and hold the shift key to temporarily disable Capslock and type one or more letters in lower case. The same with Capslock disabled, you press and hold the shift key to temporarily enable Capslock and type one or more letters in upper case.

Numlock acts exactly like that on Linux. There is nothing messed up about this, it is just different than Windows.

Using the keypad without Numlock enabled gives you directional keys, pressing shift temporarily enables Numlock so you can type digits. With Numlock enabled you can press and hold shift to temporarily disable Numlock and you get directional keys again instead of digits.

To enable the Numlock at boot, you may just want to switch it on in the BIOS.