On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:07:54PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:38:27AM +0100, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: > > Am I the only one who finds that NumLock being off when X starts is > > counter-intuitive? > > Probably not. > > > After all it is ON at the console. > > If you configure it that way. Big whoop.
Um, I shoulda written: after all it is on under windows <duck> > > And, really, the numeric keypad on an extended keyboard (pc105) is not > > that useful when NumLock is OFF. > > It's not? The keys there stop working when NumLock isn't engaged? No digits are produced when NumLock is off. Is it different for you? > > 1) would it be a good idea to make the default ON? > > Not for me. Fair enough, but how does NumLock being off deprives you of any functionality? Just a question. > > 2) how can I make it the default in my own config? > > $ apt-get install numlockx Thanks a lot. But a whole debian package just for that? Wow. -- "Only friends can play with your member(s)" -- C++ reference manual
