Num lock

[Rick Stevens]

Fred Grant wrote:
> I too would like to have the num lock key turned on at start-up.  Would
> someone please provide a script that I could paste into the proper file
> to make this happen?  Also, I need to know which file to paste it into.
> 
> I tried the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file but nothing happened.  I have RH9
> installed.

Put this in /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

	TTYLIST=/dev/tty[1-6]
	for TTY in $TTYLIST; do
	    setleds -D +num < $TTY
	done

This will turn on numlock on the six virtual consoles at boot time.  If
you want it on in GUI mode, you need to add that to your ~/.bashrc too
so that when you open an xterm, it gets executed.
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