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Fix: Number Pad Will Not Work in Ubuntu

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Sometimes when I’ve been messing around on Ubuntu my number pad will quit working.  The number lock is on, I can see the indicator right there.  Toggling the num lock on and off doesn’t fix things.  I found that holding 8, 2, 4, or 6 moves the cursor on the screen though.

This is an Accessibility option that gets turned on to control the cursor with the number pad.  For some reason unknown to me Ubuntu chooses to turn on what it calls “Mouse Keys”.

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