CentOS - Sep 2018 - Centos 7.5 - Gnome3 - KVM - Keypad numeric failure

Everyone,

I have a problem with the numeric keypad while using a Centos 7.5 new
installation with kvm.  

When I login to the host machine using gnome3 or classic gnome the
numeric keypad does not function.  If I activate another 7.5 guest
machine with gnome3 the numeric keypad on the guest does not work
either. 

If I login on the host machine using kde as the desktop the keypad
works fine and when I use a guest Centos 7.5 with gnome3 the keypad
works.

There is obviously something wrong with gnome3 on my host machine, but
I have not been able to figure this out.

Has anyone else had this difficulty.  I have plenty of other Centos 7.5
machines that work like a charm.  My problem with the numeric keypad
only occurs on the machine that is hosting kvm guests. 

Greg Ennis

On 09/06/2018 05:45 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> When I login to the host machine using gnome3 or classic gnome the
> numeric keypad does not function.  If I activate another 7.5 guest
> machine with gnome3 the numeric keypad on the guest does not work
> either.

Is the numlock light on the keyboard on or off?

Run "xev" from a terminal, put the mouse cursor over its window, and 
press keys on the number pad.? Watch its output in the terminal.? What 
key does it indicate?? This is the number 0 key-down event:

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
 ??? root 0x2ac, subw 0x0, time 86098050, (193,439), root:(281,593),
 ??? state 0x0, keycode 19 (keysym 0x30, 0), same_screen YES,
 ??? XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (30) "0"
 ??? XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (30) "0"
 ??? XFilterEvent returns: False