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.
Here's an alternative approach: xmodmap -e 'keycode 79 = KP_7 KP_Home' \ -e 'keycode 80 = KP_8 KP_Up' \ -e 'keycode 81 = KP_9 KP_Prior' \ -e 'keycode 83 = KP_4 KP_Left' \ -e 'keycode 84 = KP_5 KP_Begin' \ -e 'keycode 85 = KP_6 KP_Right' \ -e 'keycode 87 = KP_1 KP_End' \ -e 'keycode 88 = KP_2 KP_Down' \ -e 'keycode 89 = KP_3 KP_Next' \ -e 'keycode 90 = KP_0 KP_Insert' \ -e 'keycode 91 = KP_Decimal KP_Delete' This reverses the meaning of NumLock. When it's *OFF* the numeric keypad keys will generate numbers; when it's *ON* they will generate Insert, Delete, PgUp, PgDn, etc. -- ======================================================================== Ian Pilcher i.pilcher@xxxxxxxxxxx ========================================================================
