Numlock as standard?

[taharka]

Marcus Zingmark wrote:

> taharka skrev:
>
>> Marcus Zingmark wrote:
>>
>>> 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...
>>>
>> Have a read here; http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/numlock.html the 
>> following paragraph ;-)
>>
>> Because I use XDM, I just compiled
>> the program, and then modified /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 to run the program,
>> so numlock is on by default for everyone.
>>
>> taharka
>>
>> Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
>>
> Ok, just so I get this right, beacuse this is really out of my league, 
> after installing numlock-0.1-0.0.yjl.1.i386.rpm I should enter:
>
> //numlock.c
> //compile using:
> //gcc -I/usr/X11R6/include -L/usr/X11R6/lib -o setnumlock Numlock.c 
> -lX11 -lXtst
> #include <X11/extensions/XTest.h>
> #include <X11/keysym.h>
>
> int main(void) {
> Display* disp = XOpenDisplay( NULL );
> if( disp == NULL )
> return 1;
> XTestFakeKeyEvent( disp, XKeysymToKeycode( disp, XK_Num_Lock), True, 
> CurrentTime );
> XTestFakeKeyEvent( disp, XKeysymToKeycode( disp, XK_Num_Lock), False, 
> CurrentTime );
> XCloseDisplay( disp );
> return 0;
> }
> //end numlock.c
>
> into /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 - then everyone will have Numlock activated 
> at startup?
>
> The reason I'm double-checking is that I'm not sure I could fix things 
> back if I do wrong :p
>
> /// Marcus
>
>
If you installed the rpm, you only need to add a line to 
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0  that reads,

#if [ -x /usr/bin/numlock ]
#then
# Turn on Num Lock key
#/usr/bin/numlock
#fi

Unfortunately, this does not work. Any particular reason for not setting 
this up for each individual user, as this method does work?

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.