Thus spake Ian Balchin: > Hi, > > a good thread going here .......... _but_ > > a. am running in console mode so have no fears of what will happen > in x mode > b. i still am unsure of what to do after finding out that debian > does not use rclocal and not comprehending the instructions given > by Colin (as per my 9th Dec reply). > > Can anyone please amplify Colins instruction at a really basic > level. Ian, The rclocal script is specific to Redhat, I believe. In Debian, what you would do is write a script that turns on the numlock key - I think a script that just did a setled +num (from memory - check before proceeding) - and put it in /etc/init.d/ The rest of Collin's suggestion is the command normally used to modify /etc/rc* scripts. You could also just put a symlink in /etc/rc2.d/ pointing to the script in /etc/init.d/ and then it will work, altho that is not the _Right Way_(TM). the scripts in /etc/init.d/ (and the symlinks in the various /etc/rc* folders, are the services stopped and started as you enter runlevels. I think that does it - please write back, as I know there are people who explain (and understand) the workings of all this quite aa bit better than I. Steve -- "I think it is true for all _n. I was just playing it safe with _n >= 3 because I couldn't remember the proof." -- Baker, Pure Math 351a
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