On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 08:17:40AM -0500, Anthony Dean wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > Is there a way of making sure the number lock turns on automatically in > Gnome when starting my PC? One way: If the Num Lock key being on at startup is important to you, two options are to follow the below instructions OR switch desktops. ============ Below this line is the fix for Gnome desktop =========== NOTE 1: To successfully do this you need the C compiler (series d, package gcc) and the include files of the X libraries(package xdevel, series x). If you don't have the gcc (Gnu Compiler Collection) which includes the C compiler, you should install it. You can fix LOTS of problems with these very valuable tools (without a lot of programming knowledge). If you DO NOT have the C compiler, and you DO NOT WANT the gcc package on your machine, I am told you can use the "setleds +num &> /dev/null" command in one of the X start-up scripts. I don't know if this method works or not, but it probably will take more tinkering on your part (unless you really know your scripting). NOTE: For those of you *who boot to run level 3*, you can add "setleds +num &> /dev/null" (which null routes any error output) to the end of .bashrc but you must specify the "&> /dev/null", NOT just "setleds +num". Otherwise, you will get an error message every time you start a terminal from your desktop. Note that "setleds +num" doesn't work from a virtual console (terminal) anyway; it's NOT quite the same as the console. >>-->This will turn Num Locks on when you log in to the console, but NOT when you run startx. END NOTE 1 >>-->best to perform this procedure as root. When you have gcc as explained above: 1. Download this very small program: setnumlock.tar.gz a) here is the link --> ftp://ftp.silug.org/pub/ltsp/setnumlock.tar.gz NOTE: I tested on Redhat 8/9 (probably works on other distributions too) b) I suggest you create a directory named num-on to download the file to. type command: mkdir num-on c) When you have finished the download: cd (change directory) to num-on (or wherever you downloaded the file) gzip -d setnumlock.tar.gz tar xvf setnumlock.tar cd setnumlock type "make" then type "make install" Make install has now created /usr/bin/setnumlock (a very small program that turns numlock on) 2. Now you need to run this program whenever you log in: Click the start button and go to: --> Preferences --> More Preferences --> Session Click the Start Up Programs tab. Click the Add button. Browse to /usr/bin/setnumlock (or type in /usr/bin/setnumlock) Click OK. Logout and Log back in (to restart the X server) From: http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/395/trackback -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.
