Numlock activate at startup in login screen
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Execute the following commands in a terminal
sudo apt-get install numlockx
sudo gedit /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default
Add the following lines at the end before the line "exit 0":
if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/X11/numlockx on
fi
Put off your numlock and restart X by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
The numlock should be activated now and every time when you reboot
numlockx on – worked for me. Feisty on PPC G4.
Thx!
In Gutsy, gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
add
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
Thanks Jj, that worked perfectly in Hardy Heron too.
In 8.04 Hardy 64bit it is slightly different. The command should be:
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
Add those lines as the instructions above describe. The only difference is the file is located in a different directory.
Cannot find file:
/etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default
don’t have “gdm” in folder X11 and cannot find it anywhere else.
Christopher
in ubuntu 8.04
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
the rest is the same
The suggestion works, but in Ubuntu 8.10 the numlock is disabled after login and must be reenabled. Any suggestions?
sudo apt-get install numlockx
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
Add the following above the last line (exit 0):
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
Works in 9.04 Jaunty as well.
for ubuntu 9.04 use
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
no
sudo gedit /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default
the rest is the same
Hello,
Why do you change your instructions? Several people have corrected you… And the fi looks like a typo. Why not make it clear that it goes in there?
Also, you might want to link to a new blog entry or one you’ve already created about the new Ubuntu disabling Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and needing to run “sudo dontzap
--disable” in a terminal. (probably after sudo apt-get install dontzap)Thanks
What to do in xubuntu 9.10 ?
flippah…use the instructions bdoe gave. They work for Ubuntu 9.10.
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sudo apt-get install numlockx
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
Add the following above the last line (exit 0):
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
for ubuntu 10.04 (lucid), pay attention, second step is :
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
(and NOT sudo gedit /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default : this would create a new file, so you would see an empty window with gedit)
I’ve done all of above instructions,and get not through at all!
I must run “numlocx on” in the Terminal window to activate it!
Is there any fault in the instruction to edit “Default” file?
Thank you
ffs there is no gdm folder anywhere, as Christopher already pointed out years ago. Your page is stealing search results for solutions that don’t work.