Re: Num lock activated by default, at start
Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:33:47AM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> > Antonio Rodriguez schrieb:
> > >
> > > How do I make my numlock pad active from start?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Antonio.
> > There should be an option in your BIOS, which says "NumLock status" You
> > should be able to switch zhis on/off.
>
> which does absolutly nothing because the linux kernel does not use the
> BIOS keyboard driver, it loads it's own reinitiallizing the keyboard
> in the process (clearing the numlock). 95% of everything in the PC
> BIOS is irrelevant cruft as far as GNU/Linux is concerned.
>
> instead add this to your ~/.bash_profile
>
> case $(basename `tty`) in
> tty[1-9])
> setleds +num
> ;;
> esac
>
> there is a X11 based version of setleds too but i can't remember what
> its called (nor find the package for it...)
>
> --
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
numlockx
You can get it from freshmeat. But, the NumLock key has side effects
on apps like acroread, so I've removed any automatic pushin' again.
--
Andre Berger <andre.berger@topmail.de> from Bonn, Germany
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