NumLock

infamous41md · 04-03-2003, 05:34 PM

This is super newb question, and not really of the utmost importance, but it is kind of annoying and maybe someone knows this, how do u set it so NUMLOCK is always on when u startup? BIOS takes care of that for windows but it doesnt seem to affect RH8.

aha i have figured it out:

Turn on NumLock automatically

Add the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

echo -n "Turning on numlock ... "
for tty in /dev/tty[1-6] /dev/tty1[2]; do
setleds -D +num < $tty &
done
echo "done "

infamous41md · 04-03-2003, 06:20 PM

bah this shit doesnt work...anyone see what is wrong with dat script?

cuckoopint · 04-03-2003, 06:30 PM

Assuming you boot into X, you don't actually use /dev/tty[1-6]. Also, I don't think you need that second argument. basically:

echo -n "Turning on numlock ... "
for tty in /dev/tty[1-8]; do
setleds -D +num < $tty
done
echo "done "

I don't think you have to necessarily make it go in the background wither (ie. no '&'). I coud be wrong...

infamous41md · 04-03-2003, 07:36 PM

heh, now it turns on numlock at startup, but once i log on it goes off. LOL
is there a script that runs after login that i could stick that code into?

cuckoopint · 04-03-2003, 07:56 PM

you could try using an ~/.xsession

something like:

setleds -D +num&
exec openbox

#assuming you run openbox. i think kde's executable is startkde, but I'm not sure. you can check that.

then when your X is started, either by 'startx' or by logging in, it will parse that file, run setleds (dont forget the &), and then start kde, or whatever.

infamous41md · 04-03-2003, 07:59 PM

**********FIGURED IT OUT***********************

cuckoopint · 04-03-2003, 08:27 PM

Quote:

**********FIGURED IT OUT***********************

1. does it work?
2. what was the problem? (maybe someone will come by this thread...)

PTBmilo · 04-03-2003, 08:34 PM

I was just about to post this when i saw that the problem was solved, but if people are curious, here's the way that I do it:

create a source file with this:

Code:

#include <X11/extensions/XTest.h>
#include <X11//keysym.h>

int main(){

   Display* disp = XOpenDisplay(NULL);

   if (disp == NULL) return 1;

   XTestFakeKeyEvent(disp, XKeysymToKeycode(disp, XK_Num_Lock),
                                            True, CurrentTime);
   XTestFakeKeyEvent(disp, XKeysymToKeycode(disp, XK_Num_Lock),
                                            False, CurrentTime);
   XCloseDisplay(disp);

return 0;
}

then compile with:

gcc -I/usr/X11R6/include -L/usr/X11R6/lib -o setnumlock setnumlock.c -lX11 -lXtst

Then run 'setnumlock' from the xinitrc file.

macewan · 04-04-2003, 01:03 AM

http://www.deadmule.com/macewan/scre...ckx-1.0.tar.gz

jonr · 04-04-2003, 07:34 AM

Mandrake users--Mandrake 8.0 or 8.2 (or both?) offered a way to configure startup with NUMLOCK turned on, in one of the checkbox-type things you could work with. I've been unable to locate it in Mandrake 9.0 so far!

Seems like a fairly common thing for people to want, and I wish the default were NUMLOCK on. I can set NUMLOCK on in my machine's BIOS, but it gets changed again to "off" by Linux....

andrewstr · 02-11-2004, 12:28 PM

PTBmilo,

Thanks for posting the code for the num lock utility. It works great!