Numlock as standard?

[kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com]

On Wednesday 17 August 2005 10:28, taharka wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> >Marcus Zingmark said:
> >>>>How do I get Numlock to be on as standard in Fedora Core 4?
> >>>>Would like it for all users if possible.
> >
> >Henry Hartley wrote:
> >>You could just turn it on in the BIOS.  Oh, wait, that doesn't
> >>work.  I still don't understand why Linux cannot simply abide
> >>by the BIOS setting and leave numlock alone.  Even Windows 95
> >>got that right.
> >
> >Yes, I find that annoying too.  What's more annoying is when you turn it
> >on, then go to another window and that application acts as if it's off.
> >Even if Linux paid attention to the initial setting by the BIOS, it
> >wouldn't help (for that reason).  Nearly every application you try and
> >type in requires you to toggle the numlock two or more times to get it
> >working again.
> >
> >Does anyone using that extra utility program (which wasn't mentioned in
> >the message that I'm replying to) know whether it overcomes this
> >particular annoyance?  I'm always loathe to install things just to try
> >out something.
>
> Which "extra utility program" are you referring to? There have been
> three mentioned in this thread (numlock, numlockx & lock-keys-applet).
> Having said that, I can speak for numlock
> (numlock-0.1-0.0.yjl.1.i386.rpm) on fc3 which the OP was interested in.
> The answer is yes, it does overcome that particular annoyance ;-)
>
> taharka
>
> Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.


are you running Gnome or KDE ?
If you run KDE you can go to  the KDE control panel,
then go to Peripherals --> Keyboard
and select Turn ON, Turn OFF, or Leave Unchanged for the numlock options.
Note I believe this only applies to the user upon login?