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Irrlicht Engine version 1.6
Linux 2.6.26.8-57.fc8 #1 SMP Thu Dec 18 19:19:45 EST 2008 i686
Creating X window...
Visual chosen: : 39
Using renderer: OpenGL 3.0.0
GeForce 9500 GT/PCI/SSE2: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL driver version is 1.2 or better.
GLSL version: 1.3
Looks like this was reported awhile ago, but no corresponding bug in the tracker.
Hm, I can enter numbers with the numpad. Only key giving me a little trouble is pos1 on the numpad which doesn't seem to be handled (I'll check that on weekend). The rest works even in the editbox for me. If you have trouble with more keys - can you make a small example where it can be reproduced? Or if it's reproducible in examples (I can for example enter numbers in example 05 in the editbox) - do you get any messages on console? Or any special keyboard?
I found 3 keys missing support on Linux: print, home (on numpad) and numlock. I've added those now to the 1.6 branch in svn, so they will be fixed with 1.6.1.
I've also improved debugging messages a little, so if you find more missing keys Irrlicht should now give you a number for them which will make it easier for us to fix it.