ldm numlock

[Jordan Erickson]

Hey Scott,

Thanks for looking into this. Let us know how it turns out!


- Jordan


Scott Balneaves wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 01:18:55PM -0700, Jordan Erickson wrote:
>   
>> Jeez.. Sorry for confusion, Scott you weren't the one I talked to, it 
>> was vagrantc.
>>
>> Apparently the reason numlockx doesn't work for LDM is that it gets 
>> launched AFTER LOGIN (xsession.d script). This was the issue that halted 
>> my own research.
>>     
>
> So, it does work, but just after the user logs in?  You want it enabled while
> the user is still sitting at the login prompt?
>
> If that's the case, then just shoehorn it into the ldm screen script somewhere.
>
> Say, in ${CHROOT}/usr/lib/ltsp/screen.d/ldm, around line 110, just before the
> call to ldm itself:
>
> you could do the
>
> if [ -n "${LDM_NUMLOCK}" ]; then
>     numlockx "${LDM_NUMLOCK}"
> fi
>
> there.  Like I say, you'll just need to install numlockx in the chroot, and
> ltsp-update-image on it.
>
> Hmmm....
> A quick bit of giggling has revealed that setleds is already installed, and
> appears to work.
>
> So, perhaps the ldm screen script could do a:
>
> if [ -n "${LDM_NUMLOCK}" ]; then
>     setleds -D +num
> fi
>
> and of course, rebuild the image.
>
> I'll try this tonight.  It wouldn't require a new package to be added.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
> (who never, ever uses the numlock key)
>
>