NumLock Key

[HarryGoiter]

How do you get the numlock key to come on automatically when you boot up?

I am using MDrake, and it asked me while I was setting up, and I chose yes, I do want it to come on automatically. And infact it does, until X starts; then it turns off again. So there must be another init file in my directory to modify, right?

Thanks

[Shadoglare]

You can go to freshmeat.net and d/l a program to do this and have it run when X starts up...
From what I've been told and from what I've experienced myself this can screw things up though (keyboard will do funky things now and then) which may be why it wasn't made an option in X itself.

[PimpHolic]

when your computer turns on, click the "Num Lock" key

[linuxluis]

You know what dont install anything to do with the number look. I was looking on the web to find out how to startup my number lock. I found it, in freshmeat downloaded and bam..... I lost contole of my keys, plus sometime my box would freez up (rh7) . So its really up to you if you want to take that chance.

tux :eek:

[Kinjana]

Maybe someone can explain this to me....

I've wondered for quite some time why there is such a big deal about the num lock key

Why do you care if it starts on or not??

Moreover, why is there separate config options for it? why is it so special??

No one ever aske me if I want caps lock on by default --

I DO!! ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME ROCKS!

seriously, can someone explain the improtance of the num lock key?

Thanks --

Kinj

[Q-Gdoxl]

Well for me it is that I have numbers in both my root and main user password and it is soooo much easier to use the number key pad to type these neumbers

I was breeding that mold. Its name was Albert

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[Shadoglare]

I use the num pad ALL the time... I very rarely use the numbers that go across the top of the keyboard. As a result since my primary OS's at home and work are NT based, I got real used to having it be on all the time.
So it drives me nuts when I'm in Linux and I go to enter a number, and I get my cursor flying all over the screen instead.

[Q-Gdoxl]

Good evening Mr.Gates I'll be
your server today!!



linuxluis you should have had Tux quoting that!

feel dumb
ps I like you name I just got it now
/feel dumb

"I wasn't sleeping - I was waiting for Windows to load" - Snow White

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[FORTRAN gy]

I have been using numlockx-0.3 for about six months with no problem on Drake 6.0 :cool: