Num lock light on plug-in keyboard won't turn on

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I’m on Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, using the XFCE desktop environment.

I use a usb plug-in keyboard with my computer. I noticed this morning that when I press the num lock button on my num pad, my num pad light doesn’t light up. My caps lock light works just fine, as does my keyboard backlight, so I’m not sure what the issue is or how I can fix this. Looks like the numpad does respond if entered, I just can’t tell whether num lock is enabled or not until I press some of the buttons.
What I’ve Tried:
Unplugging and re-plugging the keyboard. Still suffering the same issue.

2

Is this installed?

 sudo apt install numlockx


apt policy numlockx
numlockx:
  Installed: 1.2-10
  Candidate: 1.2-10
  Version table:
 *** 1.2-10 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3

Yes, looks like I’ve already got the newest version.

4

Have you tried another USB port yet?
And I assume you have also verified it works currently on other systems

Also include this if you would:

lsusb -v 2>/dev/null | egrep '(^Bus|Keyboard)' | grep -B1 Keyboard

It might help.
EDIT: Please see if this set’s it:

sudo sh -c 'echo "numlockx on" >> /etc/rc.local'

You will have to toggle your NumbLock key.