Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:33:47AM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > Antonio Rodriguez schrieb: > > > > > > How do I make my numlock pad active from start? > > > Thanks, > > > Antonio.
> > There should be an option in your BIOS, which says "NumLock status" You > > should be able to switch zhis on/off. > > which does absolutly nothing because the linux kernel does not use the > BIOS keyboard driver, it loads it's own reinitiallizing the keyboard > in the process (clearing the numlock). 95% of everything in the PC > BIOS is irrelevant cruft as far as GNU/Linux is concerned. > > instead add this to your ~/.bash_profile > > case $(basename `tty`) in > tty[1-9]) > setleds +num > ;; > esac > > there is a X11 based version of setleds too but i can't remember what > its called (nor find the package for it...) > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ numlockx You can get it from freshmeat. But, the NumLock key has side effects on apps like acroread, so I've removed any automatic pushin' again. -- Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from Bonn, Germany
