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Old 01-17-2008, 07:19 PM
Michael Heiming
 
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Default Re: Numlock not working

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In comp.os.linux.setup Tim <it2gati@ituniv.se> suggested:
> "Michael Heiming" <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de
>> In comp.os.linux.setup Tim <it2gati@ituniv.se> suggested:
>> > I have a fresh install of Fedora Core 2 and numlock is not working. When

[..]

>> > If I run this command:
>> > xmodmap -e "keysym Pointer_EnableKeys = Num_Lock"

>>
>> > In xterm Numlock magically starts working so I figured the easy way
>> > would be to put that exact line in one of the initfiles.

>>
>> I'd try out ~/.xinitrc at first and see if that improve things,
>> simply create this file, if you don't have it.


> Sounded like a plan but it did unfortunatley not help.
> I didn't have the file in my homedir so I created it and let it contain only
> that one line.


Mh, you are using kdm/xdm to login to your favorite wm? Then try
using ~/.xsession, change permissions 'chmod 755 ~/.xsession',
and retry not sure if those perms a really need, but it doesn't
hurt anyway.

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