Numlock as standard?

[taharka]

Marcus Zingmark wrote:

> How do I get Numlock to be on as standard in Fedora Core 4? Would like 
> it for all users if possible.
>
> /// Marcus
>
If using Gnome, the following works for fc3 :-)

GNOME Tips
Numlock

Some users like to have the numlock turned on automatically, something 
that I don't think GNOME currently does. The solution is to install a 
tiny binary that turns on the numlock for you, and have GNOME run that 
at startup.

You can install the numlock binary by downloading and installing the 
following rpm:
numlock-0.1-0.0.yjl.1.i386.rpm

If you have configured yum to use my YJL Packages repository, you can 
just (as root) run:

yum install numlock

Once numlock is installed, go to the Applications menu, select the 
Preferences menu, select the More Preferences menu, and finally the 
Sessions menu option.

Select the Startup Items tab, and click on the Add button. You should 
get a window like this:

[Add Startup Program]

Enter /usr/bin/numlock into the Startup Command field. You don't really 
need to change the order, the default of 50 is fine. Click the OK 
button, and you are done. Next time you log into GNOME it will turn on 
the numlock for you.

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.