Numlock as standard?

Marcus Zingmark blackline at bodymodification.se
Mon Aug 15 18:43:18 UTC 2005


taharka skrev:

> 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.
>
Oooh, this looks terrific. Follow up question then:

How do I set up a startingprogram for all users? This guide only tells 
me how to start this program for each user...




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