Re: NUMLOCKX Debian KDE4

[Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com>]

� wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:40:50 -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
>
> > � wrote:
>
> > > "numlockx" should not be needed anymore in KDE as kdm has an option to
> > > handle that from "kdmrc" config file :-?
> >
> > If you know how to turn the numlock on for login without using numlockx
> > 'please' tell?  I already know I can turn it on after login without
> > using numlockx.
>
> I'm afraid that application is not (should not be) needed nowadays.
> So if numlock does not get activated on login screen, you can report that 
> for kdm package, taking that you are using kdm to handle user login.
>
> Anyway, yo can perform a Google search to find tips on how to bypass that:
>
> http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&source=hp&q=kdmrc+NumLock%3DON&btnG=Google+Search&fp=7bb5c562e6b4c787


If you are talking about this solution:

"$ locate kdmrc

Open that file up in a text editor. You will probably need to have
administrator privileges, so press Alt-F2 and type this:

kdesu kwrite /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

In that file, find the first section that begins:

[X-*-Greeter]

Right after that line, add this:

NumLock=On

Save the file and quit. To see your changes, you might need to restart KDM."

If that solution ever did work, it now no longer works.

Nice try.
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Jimmy Johnson

Debian Squeeze Trinity 3.5.11 at sda12
Registered Linux User #380263