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Idea #6112: Activating "Num lock" at startup

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #3596: Num lock on by default on login.
Written by Zoloom the 30 Mar 08 at 19:03. Category: Hardware support. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
At startup the "num lock" or "verr num" pad on french keyboard are disabled. All keyboards are using this, so i think Ubuntu can easily make that.

1 - Installing the numlockx package
2 - Just edit the file /etc/gdm/Init/Default and adding before exit 0 :

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

It's very simple, and usefully for all users.

Thanks to all Ubuntu's developers for their work.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #6112
Written by Zoloom the 30 Mar 08 at 19:03.
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Solution #2: save state off humain interface device
Written by termitor the 11 Feb 09 at 04:56.
simply save the state of keyboard and orther interface device in gdm !

no force numlock on or off,

save only the state off kerboard



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Eldmannen wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 19:29
Ubuntu should not change the state of the Num Lock key.
You can change the state of the Num Lock key in the BIOS.

kevin11951 wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 19:31
Thats a great feature for a desktop, but on a laptop, you wouldn't be able to type for example:

Num locks off:
Kevin
Ubuntu
Linux
Num locks on:
2ev5n
4b4nt4
35n4x

Z_God wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 19:37
Not everyone needs it on.
You can already set this in most BIOSes.
You can also set this per user (at least in KDE).

If none of the above three apply to you, you are likely in a very small group and for that you should use the package ;)

vytah wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 21:01
At desktop, you can easily press NumLock with one finger.
At laptop, you'll get bunch of cryptic words (like Kevin's ones), swear aloud, then use BOTH your hands to turn NumLock off, then Backspace, then writing everything again.
So, bad idea.

tomaszx wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 21:16
-1 bad idea

Quatroking wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 22:45
Good idea, I work alot with numpad and its annoying when I'm typing in some data, to discover a few secs later when I look at the screen that all I pressed were some arrow keys and the page navigation.

DJ_Peng wrote on the 31 Mar 08 at 00:25
Please search before posting new ideas. There are already at least three ideas with this very same concept.

tbrminsanity wrote on the 31 Mar 08 at 15:05
It would be nice if it was an option. I know for my desktop I like it on when I start my machine up, but for my laptop I can't use the keyboard until the NumLock is disabled.

Zoloom wrote on the 1 Apr 08 at 17:01
With a little GUI maybe all will be agree ? Just an option in Keyboard properties ?


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