{RESOLVED} Enabling Number-Lock on Boot

[SilverFox21]

Is there a way to enable the Number Lock upon boot? Also, I have a couple of removable drives that I would like to mount them on boot. How would I do that?

System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1202 date: 10/22/2020
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard ERGO K860 serial: <filter>
charge: 50% (should be ignored) status: N/A
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech ERGO M575 Trackball serial: <filter> charge: 100%
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ rev: 0 cache:
L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2299 high: 3800 min/max: 2200/4850 boost: enabled cores: 1: 2200 2: 2574
3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2116 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2053 13: 3800
14: 2051 15: 2200 16: 2200 bogomips: 121379
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Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-2
empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
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Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96
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diag: 1079mm (42.5")
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6.1.0-17-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api
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2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet driver: bnx2 v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1639
IF: enp4s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet driver: bnx2 v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 14e4:1639
IF: enp4s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723
IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-4: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
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Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
sub-v: 200f
Drives:
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serial: <filter>
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serial: <filter>
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serial: <filter>
Partition:
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Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
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Info:
Processes: 381 Uptime: 42m Memory: 31.22 GiB used: 2.82 GiB (9.0%) Init: systemd v: 252
target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: Unknown
python3.11 client inxi: 3.3.26/quote]

[t42]

Is there a way to enable the Number Lock upon boot

Run in terminal sudo apt install numlockx and after that go to Login applet in the settings and switch that option ON.

[Nuts2u]

Open System Settings, at the bottom click on Login Window, enter your password, then pick settings (upper right on top). first entry Enable Numlock, move slider to the right.

[ajgreeny]

Maybe it depends on the hardware but on all my systems numlock is enabled or disabled at boot in the same state as when I shutdown, which I usually do only when the system tells me to; otherwise I just suspend.
I also use only Xfce which has a setting to enable numlock at boot in the keyboard settings but I've no idea about cinnamon..

[Shiva]

Is there a way to enable the Number Lock upon boot?

You can try it from Terminal :

- check numlock-state :

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gsettings get org.cinnamon.desktop.peripherals.keyboard numlock-state

returns either true or false.

- if false

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gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.peripherals.keyboard numlock-state "true"

should solve the issue after restarting Cinnamon (Alt+F2 then r in the dialog box)

-if already true,
there is probably a keyboard problem (bad choice at install may be).

[Shiva]

Also, I have a couple of removable drives that I would like to mount them on boot. How would I do that?

Open another topic. When people search on the forum, they look at the headers. So, those having the same problem you seem to have with removable disks would never dream an answer could come from an "Enabling Number-Lock on Boot".

[SilverFox21]

Shiva,
Thank you for that bit of info. I will do that.