[ale] Num Lock

[Robert Heaven]

Don't forget to check the BIOS settings also.

On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 19:49, Da Splinter wrote:
> I leave for a moment and Num Lock becomes a hot topic.
>  I usually boot in run level 3 and I put the setleds
> +num in my .bash_profile file. It seems that when I
> start Gnome, the Num Lock key disables.  Notice I said
> Gnome.  I've read some docs on KDE and it seems they
> have the capability to have the Num Lock enable on
> startup.  See the following documentation under the
> KDE Base Package section:
> 
> http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelog2_1to2_2.html
> 
> This only works for KDE 2.2 and later.
> 
> --- "ChangingLINKS.com" <x3 at ChangingLINKS.com> wrote:
> > Spooky. The line was ALREADY there (and my numlock
> > does not get set). It was 
> > probably put there when I installed the setnumlock
> > file that used to work. I 
> > am using full RedHat 7.2 with all upgrades. It is
> > not a big deal if I can't 
> > get it work again. Small annoyance.
> > 
> > Drew
> > 
> > On Sunday 15 December 2002 18:01, you wrote:
> > > On mandrake it uses a program called setleds as
> > follows:
> > >
> > > setleds -D -num < $tty
> > >
> > > Further, the '-D' option from the man page:
> > >
> > >
> > > -D     Change both the VT flags and their default
> > settings (so  that  a
> > >         subsequent reset will not undo the
> > change). This might be useful
> > >         for people who always want to have numlock
> > set.
> > >
> > > Da Splinter wrote:
> > > > Yeah, it's not working for me either.  I know
> > Mandrake
> > > > has a way to enable the numlock when you log in.
> >  I
> > > > thought it might be that simple.
> > > >
> > > > --- "ChangingLINKS.com" <x3 at ChangingLINKS.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >>Use this file. The directions are in the README.
> > > >>
> > > >>Unfortunately, I believe that I loaded this file
> > and
> > > >>it didn't work the last
> > > >>two times.  It worked before, so I must not be
> > doing
> > > >>something right.
> > > >>Currently, I have to hit the numlock key.
> > > >>
> > > >>Drew
> > > >>
> > > >>On Sunday 15 December 2002 10:03, you wrote:
> > > >>>All:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>I'm a frequent user of the number pad and I
> > > >>
> > > >>sometimes
> > > >>
> > > >>>forget to lock it when I start my data entry. 
> > You
> > > >>
> > > >>can
> > > >>
> > > >>>imagine how annoying this is.  Can anybody tell
> > me
> > > >>
> > > >>how
> > > >>
> > > >>>to set it so that when I log in I don't have to
> > > >>
> > > >>worry
> > > >>
> > > >>>about it?  I'm using Red Hat 8.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Thanks
> > > >>>
> > >
> >
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> > > >>ATTACHMENT part 2 application/x-gzip
> > > >
> > > > name=setnumlock.tar.gz
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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