[Solved] Enable Numlock on boot

[peterbuyk]

Using Mint 10 Gnome

Is it possible to automaticly enable Numlock on boot

[Aging Technogeek]

What you have to do first is open Package Manager or Software Manager, search "numlockx" (without the quotes) and install it.

Then, go to Menu=>Preferences=>Startup Applications an add a launcher for numlockx like this,

First, click "Add", fill in the blanks in the "Add Startup Program" box.

Name = numlockx

Command = numlockx on

description (optional) = enable numlock at startup.

[peterbuyk]

Have done all the above actions, with no result.

I still have to enable numlock by hand, do I need more actions to do.

[itsme4401]

AFAIK this should be enabled in the BIOS (too).
See e.g.: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_to_have_N ... _I_boot_up If you intend to Google on it, don't forget to add Linux or Unix to the queerie.

[peterbuyk]

Bios settings are correct

Before installing Mint 10 Gnome I tried some other distroś like Ubuntu, Pclinuxos, and some other, most of them startup the numlock on boot, so most likely there is a setting wrong, but I don know witch one.

[itsme4401]

From the NL-Ubuntu-forum http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/software-en- ... tisch-aan/(close to your home!) reply #4:

sudo apt-get install numlockx
gksudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
Add the following...
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
Save and reboot..

[randomizer]

Strange, GNOME normally remembers whether it was on or off each time you reboot/shutdown. You don't normally need any additional software any more.

[peterbuyk]

Changing the /etc/gdm/Init/Default worked, but something strange happened

When I startup the computer the numlock light on the keyboard lights up, when the computer startup Mint the light on the keyboard dissapear, however the numlock is still working, and I can used it to type in my password, when Mint 10 is started fully up the light on the keyboard is up again.

So it is possible that the numlock was already working before the last change I made in /etc/gdm/Init/Default.

Sorry for my bad English.

[itsme4401]

Peterbuyk wrote:

When I startup the computer the numlock light on the keyboard lights up, when the computer startup Mint the light on the keyboard dissapear, however the numlock is still working, and I can used it to type in my password, when Mint 10 is started fully up the light on the keyboard is up again.

It's a complaint I read in many Googled posts! So strange but normal, I suppose.