Hi, a good thread going here .......... _but_
a. am running in console mode so have no fears of what will happen in x mode b. i still am unsure of what to do after finding out that debian does not use rclocal and not comprehending the instructions given by Colin (as per my 9th Dec reply). Can anyone please amplify Colins instruction at a really basic level. Thanks Ian > On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 02:58:12AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:28:53AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > > > > To the point, why does debian switch off the numlock in the > > > > first place when it has been set on at bios level, and surely > > > > most people want it on anyway? > > >=20 > >=20 > > note that numlock is generally considered a modifier in X (and > > is set > > up as modifier in debian) and can screw up your keyboard bindings > > (mostly in WM but for some other apps asd well) > >=20 > > erik > > Not until I recently started to use GnuCash and needed NumLock, had > I bothe= red=20 to get my severly customized .twmrc to behave even > under NumLock. As long a= s X uses NumLock as a modifier, I'd say > it is a good thing that it is not on by= =20 defualt. Ian Balchin ------------------------------------------------------------------ Fables Bookshop, 119 High Street, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone or Fax +27-(0)46-636-1525 cell: 083-495-7353 sms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Founder Member Southern African Book Dealers Association http;//www.imaginet.co.za/fables In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.