How to enable NumLock Key to be ON when Linux Boots
If you’ve tried Linux before, chances are you found this frustrating. The NumLock key on your keyboard is by default OFF when Linux boots. There’s a way to enable NumLock key stay in the ON state when Linux starts up.
Here’s how to do it if you’re in Ubuntu:
Using the shell, install NumLockX by typing this command
$ sudo apt-get install numlockx
Otherwise you can download the tarball from here, compile and install it by executing the following set of commands from the directory where the tarball was extracted:
./configure
make
make install
make xsetup
make xinitrc
Reboot, you should see that the NumLock key is on by default.
Nirmal
February 6th, 2008 at 8:13 am #
Not used to Linux much.
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Magie
February 8th, 2008 at 6:33 am #
Nice tips. I have not used linux yet, But this morning I resd in another blog about the coolest think that we can get from linux but not from Windows or Mac…So, now I start thinking to use Linux. Anyway, thanks for the tips.
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