Re: Wish list for Fedora Core 2

[Ronny Buchmann <ronny-vlug vlugnet org>]

On Tuesday 13 January 2004 19:01, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:26:36AM +0100, Bjorn Andersen wrote:
> > 3) Num Lock. Some users had contacted the support department because
> > they was unable to log in. They thought that the account was not
> > created. We mix the passwords of letters and digits. The digits simply
> > was not typed. It could be nice if I was able to turn Num Lock on as
> > default. As an option for the keyboard that had effect even at the login
> > screen. Why remember to type the Num Lock all the time, when it could be
> > made automatic?
>
> Numlock is a source of much pain and suffering. If Num Lock defaults on
> then some laptops end up with really bizarre default key setups. I'm not
> sure that there is a single "right" default for it.
>
> The quickfix before X is started is something like
>
> for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
> do
> 	setleds -D num <> /dev/tty0$i
> done
I think there should be an option  in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard 
LEDS="+num"
And in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit the setleds call.

Debian does something similar I'v heard.

I think I should file a RFE for initscripts.

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