Numlock key turn on logon

[Neo]

How do I setup fedora so that when I log into gnome the numlock will be
on. I have tried the save session settings and it does not seem to save
this option.

Thanks

Neo

[Harikrishnan M]

> How do I setup fedora so that when I log into gnome the numlock will be
> on. I have tried the save session settings and it does not seem to save
> this option.

This can be done using the setting in your BIOS. The state, at
power-on,  of many such keys are stored in the BIOS data area.

HTH

[Jeff Vian]

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 23:21, Harikrishnan M wrote:
> > How do I setup fedora so that when I log into gnome the numlock will be
> > on. I have tried the save session settings and it does not seem to save
> > this option.
>
> This can be done using the setting in your BIOS. The state, at
> power-on,  of many such keys are stored in the BIOS data area.
>
> HTH
>
> -- 
> -- Hari

That is what I thought, but so far it has never worked for me.
Fedora follows the legacy of all RedHat versions I have tried and it
does not honor the bios setting for the numlock key.  I live with it but
would rather have it set according to the bios.

If you can tell me of any other key settings that are in the bios of
most computers I would love to know what ones they are.  The bios on all
boards I have ever used only has the numlock key setting.

[ne...]

On Oct 10, 2004 at 04:35, Jeff Vian in a soothing rage wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 23:21, Harikrishnan M wrote:
> > > How do I setup fedora so that when I log into gnome the numlock will be
> > > on. I have tried the save session settings and it does not seem to save
> > > this option.
> >
> > This can be done using the setting in your BIOS. The state, at
> > power-on,  of many such keys are stored in the BIOS data area.
>
> That is what I thought, but so far it has never worked for me.
> Fedora follows the legacy of all RedHat versions I have tried and it
> does not honor the bios setting for the numlock key.  I live with it but
> would rather have it set according to the bios.
>
> If you can tell me of any other key settings that are in the bios of
> most computers I would love to know what ones they are.  The bios on all
> boards I have ever used only has the numlock key setting.
> From the console, no X, all you need is something like

the following in /etc/rc.local:

INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8]
for tty in $INITTY
  do
   /usr/bin/setleds -D +num < $tty
done

If you use KDE, this can be set per user via the KDE Control Centre:

Peripherals -> Keyboard -> Numlock on KDE Startup

GNOME users are outta luck.

N.Emile...

[Peter Collier]

On Sun, 2004-10-10 at 22:19, ne... wrote:
> On Oct 10, 2004 at 04:35, Jeff Vian in a soothing rage wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 23:21, Harikrishnan M wrote:
> > > > How do I setup fedora so that when I log into gnome the numlock will be
> > > > on. I have tried the save session settings and it does not seem to save
> > > > this option.

snip
> > If you can tell me of any other key settings that are in the bios of
> > most computers I would love to know what ones they are.  The bios on all
> > boards I have ever used only has the numlock key setting.
> > From the console, no X, all you need is something like
>
> the following in /etc/rc.local:
>
> INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8]
> for tty in $INITTY
>   do
>    /usr/bin/setleds -D +num < $tty
> done
>
> If you use KDE, this can be set per user via the KDE Control Centre:
>
> Peripherals -> Keyboard -> Numlock on KDE Startup
>
> GNOME users are outta luck.
>
> N.Emile...

This works under gnome numlockx-1.0.tar.gz download from
http://ourworld.cs.com/kvsmaster/files/numlockx-1.0.tar.gz. Extract in
/tmp directory. Run the usual ./configure, make, make install, make
clean.
Then edit your .bashrc in home dir, and add the line numlockx.

Peter