Numlock as standard?

[Kam Leo]

On 8/16/05, David Niemi <drn_temp2 at rogers.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 21:22 -0400, taharka wrote:
> > Kam Leo wrote:
> >
> > >On 8/15/05, Marcus Zingmark <blackline at bodymodification.se> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>How do I get Numlock to be on as standard in Fedora Core 4? Would like
> > >>it for all users if possible.
> > >>
> > >
> > >Get numlockx-1.0.tar.gz and save it to a local directory.  Uncompress
> > >the files via "tar xvzf numlockx-1.0.tar.gz".  Change to the newly
> > >created numlockx-1.0 directory.  Become the superuser, root, (i.e. su
> > >).   Follow the README directions.
> > >
> > >An excerpt is presented here:
> > >
> > >QUICK INSTALL :
> > >
> > >First of all, make sure this package isn't already included in your
> > > distribution ( e.g. Mandrake includes it ). If you distribution already
> > >  includes NumLockX, use their package instead ( it needn't be necessarily
> > >  called NumLockX, it may be e.g. part of some other package ).
> > >
> > >Otherwise, do :
> > >  ./configure
> > >  make
> > >  make install
> > >  make xsetup
> > >  make xinitrc
> > >
> > >
> > >The later steps ( ./configure, make, etc.) are what you need to do.
> > >That's all there is to it!
> > >Numlock should start for each user.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > AFAIK this will not work!! numlockx only works up to RHL 9. Also, it's
> > available as an rpm. The Fedora Cores require numlock & the latest
> > version of Mandrake uses numlock. Are you using numlockx on any of the
> > Fedora Cores successfully?
> >

Where did you obtain the information about Fedora Cores requiring numlock?

I have used numlockx on Fedora Core since FC1.  I am currently using it on FC4. 

> lock-keys-applet from extras works well for numlock etc, also very handy
> if you have a wireless keyboard/
>