How to enable NumLock Key to be ON when Linux Boots

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Tuesday, 05th Feb 2008 | Share


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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.



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  1. Nirmal
    February 6th, 2008 at 8:13 am #

    Not used to Linux much. :-)

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  2. 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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