Desktop keyboard behaves like laptop keyboard when numlock is on

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Published on 2012-07-04T03:20:29Z Indexed on 2012/07/04 3:22 UTC
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I have fully updated ubuntu 12.04 installed on my desktop. The problem is when I turn on NumLock, the keyboard behaves like a laptop keyboard making the keys "mjkluio789" correspond to "0-9". I've had a laptop where such behavior was expected due to absence of a separate numpad. I'm using an iBall USB keyboard and it has a numpad section unlike laptop keyboards(http://iball.co.in/Product.aspx?c=2).

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