On 8/16/05, David Niemi <drn_temp2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 21:22 -0400, taharka wrote: > > Kam Leo wrote: > > > > >On 8/15/05, Marcus Zingmark <blackline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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/ >
