Set Numlock ON and STAY ON

J-Man · 01-05-2009, 10:15 PM

Is there a way to have Linux start-up, set Numlock to ON, and then disallow the Numlock key from being toggled OFF? In other words, I want it to be ON at all times and never be able to turn OFF. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

ronlau9 · 01-06-2009, 12:41 AM

I do not know with distro you use some times if you give the command on the terminal as su
it works chkconfig numlock on

SqdnGuns · 01-06-2009, 01:02 AM

Check your BIOS settings.

If you use KDE, open Control Center > Peripherals > Keyboard > then "Turn On" NumLock on KDE Startup.

Or you can get numlockx > http://www.mike-devlin.com/linux/README-numlockx.htm

J-Man · 01-06-2009, 07:11 AM

SqdnGuns, do your options keep the NumLock ON permanently...or, just turn it ON at startup? I need it "locked" in the ON setting.

SqdnGuns · 01-06-2009, 11:04 AM

If your BIOS setting has that option, it should, and a combination of the other recommendations I made, you should be good to go.