Re: caps lock...num lock...whatever...
On Friday 24 August 2001 16:16, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 08:24:04AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > Quoting Jeff Maxson(jbmaxson@surfglobal.net):
> > > ok, even stupider. I meant num lock, not caps lock. how do you turn on
> > > num lock by default?
> >
> > Heve you checked the bios? ISTR a bios setting for setting the num
> > lock state. Just checked the manual for a system and found it in the
> > Advanced setup section of the AMIBIOS. Its called Bootup Num-Lock, in
> > this bios anyway.
>
> Yes, pretty much every BIOS has an initial-numlock-state toggle.
> However, Linux cheerfully ignores it and turns numlock off when it
> boots. AFAICT, this is not configurable without hacking the kernel
> source.[1]
>
> To get numlock turned on in console mode, add the following to
> ~/.bash_profile:
>
> if tty > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
> case $(basename `tty`) in
> tty[1-9])
> setleds +num
> ;;
> esac
> fi
>
> To get numlock turned on in X, go to freshmeat, download, build, and
> install numlockx, and add the line "/usr/local/bin/numlockx on" to
> one of your X startup files. (I use wdm and have placed it in
> /etc/X11/wdm/Xsetup_0; if you don't use wdm, you'll have to find
> somewhere else that works.)
>
> [1] Does anyone know _why_ it does this? Seems to me like a pretty
> stupid design decision...
Mmm..I don't mean to be rude, but is it not simpler to just push
the key down ?
Cliff
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