<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV> <DIV>Hi Antonio,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I am always amazed in my ability to look at something and not see it. The # was in front of NumLock! <A title=mailto:*@!.* href="mailto:*@!.*%">*@!.*%</A> Thanks - it works as expected now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jack</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:kubadmin@gmail.com href="mailto:kubadmin@gmail.com">kubadmin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntucom</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 19, 2007 5:32 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: numlock ON before logging in</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Jack,<BR><BR>It has always worked for me. Strange...<BR>The parameter should be NumLock=On<BR>Why? The reason is simple. In my case the Bios setup has numlock On on boot <BR>but when the system switches to X (before KDE login) it switches numlock to <BR>Off. That is what the utility numlockx is supposed to solve but as I <BR>mentioned before I don't manage to make it work in kubuntu.<BR>So, if you choose Keep and X has turned it to Off it will stay Off. That's why <BR>it must be ON.<BR>Are you sure you saved the file after you edited it? Is the value spelled <BR>correctly - On -, not ON or on?<BR>Perhaps you need to reboot afterwards in order for kdm to read it and accept <BR>the new parameter.<BR>KDM has to read kdmrc when it starts, it's the config file so it should behave <BR>as you asked.<BR>Just a final thought, open the K menu (down left icon), open system <BR>configuration, click the keyboard/mouse icon and verify that numlock is on <BR>(this should only affect the session, not the login, but who knows...).<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR>Antonio<BR><BR>PS - Just in case... I don't know how much you know of linux so don't take <BR>this as an offense, but if there is a # sign at the beginning of the line <BR>like this:<BR># Numlock=XXX<BR>You must erase the # sign, otherwise the line will be considered a comment and <BR>will be ignored.<BR><BR><BR>>Hi Antonio,<BR>> Thanks for your insight. I tried what you suggested but it didn't work <BR>>for me. Shouldn't "Keep" be set to Keep is On prior to "Keep" - do not <BR>>change, rather than setting NumLock to On and then leaving NumLock=Keep?<BR>> <BR>>Jack<BR><BR>-- <BR>kubuntu-users mailing list<BR><A title=mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntucom</A><BR>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <A title=https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>