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([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...
Mmm..I don't mean to be rude, but is it not simpler to just push the key down ? Cliff
