Spontaneous numlock

[ab1jx]

Hmm, later, I just thought of a workaround.  In DOS at least you can programatically turn those locks on and off.  I could figure out how to do it, write a script or program that does it, give it a name that doesn't need one of those keys and put it in my path.  Next time it comes on I  run my program. 

Like I made spoff and spon to turn the laptop speakers on and off when you have headphones plugged in by running

Code:

amixer -q -c0 cset numid=28 on &> /dev/null

or

Code:

amixer -q -c0 cset numid=28 0 &> /dev/null

I'm pretty sure auto-suspend isn't set up, sounds awful.  When my trackpad freezes I slap it.  Just try to hit it with at least 4 fingers at once. I don't know if it's a bad connection or if the flood of trackpad events flushes some queue.  i haven't had to do it in a month or so.