numlock ON before logging in

[JOHN GREENE]

Hi Antonio,
     Thanks for your insight. I tried what you suggested but it didn't work for me. Shouldn't "Keep" be set to Keep is On prior to "Keep" - do not change, rather than setting NumLock to On and then leaving NumLock=Keep?

Jack
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  From: kubadmin<mailto:kubadmin at gmail.com> 
  To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
  Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 6:04 AM
  Subject: Re: numlock ON before logging in


  In order to have numlock on during login in kde you should do the following:

  1 - Using your favorite editor open as root /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

  ex: sudo kate /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc
  ex: sudo kedit /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

  (If you're a newbie the password sudo asks for is the same you use to login.)

  2 - Scroll down until you find this section:

  # What to do with the Num Lock modifier for the time the greeter is running:
  # "Off" - turn off
  # "On" - turn on
  # "Keep" - do not change the state
  # Default is Keep
  NumLock=Keep

  3 - Change NumLock=Keep to NumLock=On

  # What to do with the Num Lock modifier for the time the greeter is running:
  # "Off" - turn off
  # "On" - turn on
  # "Keep" - do not change the state
  # Default is Keep
  NumLock=On

  4 - Save and exit

  5 - Next time you login NumLock should be on.

  PS - Though many sites refer the numlockx package for some reason I never 
  managed to make it work with kubuntu.

  Best regards,
  Antonio

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