Turning Num Lock on

[mrkeef]

This is probably an insultingly easy question, but I'll insult you anyway How can I set my computer on so that Num Lock is turned when I log in? This is one thing I haven't reprogrammed my own behaviour to accept in the transition from windoze to linux!

Thanks

Keith

[trommaster]

yes this is a thing that linux doesn't do.
there is a program that you can get that turns it on when you turn on the computer, but X seems to turn it off again. i think thats an X setting.
then kde has its own option to turn it on when that boots up.
take a look here:
http://www.linuxchimp.com/stories.php?story=120
here (translated from google):
http://216.239.35.120/translate_c?hl...8%26safe%3Doff
and here:
http://216.239.35.120/translate_c?hl...8%26safe%3Doff

hth
Alastair

[trommaster]

oh yeah, its not insultingly easy....
it is quite challenging... :P :P :P

[x0xCRIZx0x]

Is it so hard to just press the NumLock after it boots? I never understood the big deal about that..

[babbing]

heh, i don't plan on turning my box off for a while so pushing the button once won't hurt :P

[pasholy]

Here use this script in one of your booting files, like rc.*, or in your shell startup config.
/*
for tty in /dev/tty[1-8]; do
setleds -D +num < $tty
done
*/

however this doesn't work on x-windows