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Turn_number-lock_on_at_startup

Page history last edited by Paul G. Taylor 15 years, 9 months ago

Taken from DreamLinux forums here : --

 

 

http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php/topic,2321.msg18474.html#msg18474

 

I did a quick search on the DreamLinux forums for "numlock" or "num lock" as I wanted to turn on the keypad in Xfce on startup, and didn't get any results. I was a bit surprised about this. So I googled the internet and found a simple procedure for Xfce.

 

First you need to install numlockx:

 

 

Code:
sudo apt-get install numlockx

At this point it is possible that you may be missing some dependencies, especially after a fresh install of DL 3.3. If that happens, you will get an error message in the terminal saying that you have missing dependencies. If that occurs, simply type the following:

 

 

Code:
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install numlockx

Then all you have to do is edit the .xinitrc located in your home directory file with your favorite text editor (scite, mousepad, nano, ...):

 

 

Code:
scite .xinitrc

and add the the following line:

 

 

Code:
/usr/bin/numlockx on

Reboot and that's it.  Wink

 

My .xinitrc file look like this:

 

 

Code:
#!/bin/sh
# $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
#
# global xinitrc file, used by all X sessions started by xinit (startx)

# invoke global X session script
/usr/bin/startxfce4
/usr/bin/numlockx on

Ghoti  Cool

 

Note: it is possible that you might not need to put /usr/bin/ before numlockx on, as simply typing numlockx on and numlockx off in the terminal turn the keypad on and off, respectively.

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