Thus spake Ian Balchin:
> 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.
Ian,
The rclocal script is specific to Redhat, I believe. In Debian, what
you would do is write a script that turns on the numlock key - I think
a script that just did a setled +num (from memory - check before
proceeding) - and put it in /etc/init.d/ The rest of Collin's
suggestion is the command normally used to modify /etc/rc* scripts.
You could also just put a symlink in /etc/rc2.d/ pointing to the
script in /etc/init.d/ and then it will work, altho that is not the
_Right Way_(TM). the scripts in /etc/init.d/ (and the symlinks in the
various /etc/rc* folders, are the services stopped and started as you
enter runlevels.
I think that does it - please write back, as I know there are people
who explain (and understand) the workings of all this quite aa bit
better than I.
Steve
--
"I think it is true for all _n. I was just playing it safe with _n >= 3
because I couldn't remember the proof."
-- Baker, Pure Math 351a
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