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Bug#406912: tasksel-data: Should add numlockx to desktop



Joey Hess, le Tue 16 Jan 2007 10:18:59 -0500, a écrit :
> I still don't understand why most people will want to configure their
> computer to use something different from the bios default. If I want
> numlock on, I set it in the bios, then it's always on, even during early
> bootup. A program that turns it on when X starts feels strongly of hack
> to me.

The problem is that both Linux and the X server _clear_ numlock,
whatever the BIOS configuration.

I actually asked Xorg about the issue and never got any answer, so I
took it as "bah we don't care, people just use kde stuff or numlockx".

Samuel



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