Spontaneous numlock

[dsimic]

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. 

Turning the CapsLock and NumLock off from the command line is a very good idea for a workaround (hint: you can use "xdotool key Caps_Lock", for example).  However, please also try disabling the USB auto-suspend for the keyboard, it's highly likely to be the actual culprit.

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

Do you still need to use that workaround for turning the built-in speakers on and off when the headphones are plugged in or out?  That's already handled by the Linux kernel driver for the PineBook Pro's audio codec, so no userspace workarounds should be needed.

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.

Actually, the Linux kernel turns the USB auto-suspend feature on for all connected USB devices, as a power-saving measure, excluding the quirky USB devices that are well-known to not implement that feature correctly.  The trackpad could very well be quirky, requiring the auto-suspend to be disabled.