On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 08:24:04AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> Quoting Jeff Maxson([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > 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...
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