Numlock wanted ON by default

[johnglid]

Found the solution here "http://nancib.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/howto-run-scripts-in-kde-before-kde-starts/"... Informative article.

[marsh20]

Hi all,

Sorry to resurrect this thread.

I am running LM 13 Mate and have tried the suggested fix from Nomko early in this thread and does not seem to have had any effect.

Any other suggestions?

[marsh20]

Hi All,

I think I screwed up my etc/mdm/init/default its now totally blank any advise how to get the default back?

[claudecat]

For me the setting in System Settings under Input Devices to turn on numlock did not work. What did work was to install numlockx (sudo apt-get install numlockx) and then in System Settings under Startup and Shutdown/Autostart click Add Program and type in numlockx. This has worked in several distros in which the KDE setting does not.

[kaspin]

Thanks for that claudecat. It worked fine on my French keyboard in LDME (Cinnamon) , whereas 3 or 4 other suggestions from elsewhere didn't . Have recently changed, after several years with Ubuntu (didn't like 12.04) and find the contributors to the LMDE fora (o.k. forums) much less pompous.... Thanks again, Kaspin

[blueknight529]

sudo apt-get install numlockx

- Now edit /etc/mdm/Init/Default and insert the bellow code.

sudo gedit /etc/mdm/Init/Default (or use vi, nano, leafpad, etc as the editor instead of gedit)
and insert these lines at the end of the file, just before "exit 0":

if [ -x '/usr/bin/numlockx' ];
then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi

- Save & Exit editor program


It is done.