While switching into and out of vbox / vmplayer VMs something happens to my keyboard layout wherein num lock is using both the number pad and letter keys. Typing ubuntu gives me 4b4nt4. This is not a laptop. Here is what xkbmap tells me about my configured layout:
How do I restore normal operation where num lock toggles the number pad only? A reboot fixes it but I want to understand the underlying issue and find a quick solution. It's as if it is running in laptop mode when this happens.
Code:
$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10
locale is C
Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...
Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev...
Success.
Applied rules from evdev:
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: us,us
variant: ,
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types: complete
compat: complete
symbols: pc+us+us:2+inet(evdev)
geometry: pc(pc105)
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+us:2+inet(evdev)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};