Setting NumLock on automatically in Fedora

The NumLock is not activated by default at start-up (in FC-9/10). I am not sure of the fact in other distros. Everytime when the computer starts, you have to manually activate the NumLock key.

The following solution works :

Execute the following commands as root in a terminal.

1. Install numlockx

yum install numlockx

or

Install using numlocx rpm.


rpm -ivh numlockx*.rpm

2. gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default

3. At the end of the file you will find a line like

exit 0

Above this line add the following code

if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ];
then /usr/bin/numlockx on
fi

4. Save the file and restart the computer.

You will find the NumLock activated by default at startup.