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Date:      Mon, 3 Jul 1995 11:32:02 -0600
From:      kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
To:        grady@xcf.berkeley.edu
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to turn off Num Lock
Message-ID:  <9507031732.AA13439@emu.fsl.noaa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <199507031656.JAA25160@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> (message from Steven Grady on Mon, 3 Jul 1995 09:56:39 -0700)

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>>>>> "Steven" == Steven Grady <grady@xcf.berkeley.edu> writes:

    Steven> Is there anything I can do to configure my machine on boot
    Steven> (or in xdm) so that Num_Lock will be turned _off_ by
    Steven> default?

Why not just side-step that problem and put

	option ServerNumLock

in the keyboard section of your XF86Config file?  Sure, NumLock won't
be treated as a modifier key anymore, but the number of apps that are
broken by the NumLock modifier outnumber the number of apps that could
use NumLock as a modifier a billion to one ... or so.

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA

TASK: Shoot yourself in the foot.  In Paradox: Not only can you shoot
yourself in the foot, your users can, too.



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