Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:00:07 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: Michael Wichmann <michaelwichmann@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Num lock status on boot Message-ID: <20040922150007.GD3633@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <200409221505.37494.michaelwichmann@gmx.net> References: <200409221505.37494.michaelwichmann@gmx.net>
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--xB0nW4MQa6jZONgY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 03:05:22PM +0200, Michael Wichmann wrote: > Hello everyone, >=20 > Just a quick question about this little thing, that bugs me from time to= =20 > time:) Num-lock ist turned off by default after I boot up FreeBSD=20 > 5.2.1. Is there any way to enable it by default? >=20 > Thanks, > Micha There is often a BIOS setting that may affect this, but this is assuming that you are speaking about booting to a console. If you are booting into X then, from past experience, it is a bit more tricky. I haven't looked at it in a while and things may have changed, but as of a year or so ago there were various hacks and tools to get the Numlock activated when booting into X. KDE's FAQ used to have a section on this, in which they stated that it wasn't really a KDE issue at all, but gave some tips on it simply because the issue came up frequently. You can try playing around with xset(1) and the 'led' option. I also recall that there was a small program developed for the very purpose of automatically activating the Numlock when booting into X. A few web searches should pull up a lot of information. Nathan --=20 PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0xD8527E49 --xB0nW4MQa6jZONgY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBUZN2O0ZIEthSfkkRAqWBAJ9X7LNUFIJdz+kHJdXY+/aDlvy4bwCgyK0X GyIglpFK5BUG+hqhA+43NHI= =UHu8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xB0nW4MQa6jZONgY--
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