setting Num lock on by default

[Kam Leo]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> How do I set the Num Lock to be on by default? Every time I log in, I
> have to turn it on even though I save the session before logging out.
> I did some searching, and found that a commonly prescribed solution is
> to install a package called numlockx. But it seemed to me that only
> works in runlevel 5. Shouldn't something as basic as this be available
> through some configuration somewhere? Any pointers?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> PS: I am using Windowmaker, so a command line solution would be more helpful.

yum install numlockx