setting Num lock on by default

[Kam Leo]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:34 PM, suvayu ali
<fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/10/10 Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com>:
>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Hiisi <very-cool at rambler.ru> wrote:
>>> 2009/10/11 Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com>:
>>>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Hiisi <very-cool at rambler.ru> wrote:
>>>>> 2009/10/11 suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>> <--SNIP-->
>>>  But it seemed to me that only
>>>>>> works in runlevel 5.
>>> <--SNIP-->
>>>>
>>>> NumLockX may not help you in runlevel 3.  You might have to run the
>>>> script listed at  http://www.userlocal.com/tips/activatingnumlock.php
>>>>
>>> It seems to me the OP asked how to set Num on by default not in
>>> runlevel: 5 either....
>>> --
>>> Hiisi.
>>
>> My bad. I didn't notice the OP stating numlockx did not work for
>> runlevels 1-4. If you are not using Gnome use the script that I
>> referenced.
>>
>
> Thanks Kam for that script. I also found a similar script in some list
> archive after I posted here.
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8]
>
> for tty in $INITTY
> do
>  setleds -D +num < $tty
> done
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks to everyone who replied. :)
> --
> Suvayu

The script is in the setleds documentation, l.e. "man setleds".