I guess Suse is good for something, as this is where the tip came from:
make sure numlockx is installed. Edit /etc/gdm/Init/Default:Code: Select all
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
I went on this search after I found that numlock had once again been turned off at the login screen, after recent updates. I edited /etc/slim.conf with numlock on to no avail, I edited /etc/gdm/custom.conf to no avail, among other things. Adding this worked like a charm.
Edit for addition: The file and folder /etc/gdm/Init/Default are case-sensitive.
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#!/bin/sh
# Stolen from the debian kdm setup, aren't I sneaky
# Plus a lot of fun stuff added
# -George
PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH"
OLD_IFS=$IFS
gdmwhich () {
COMMAND="$1"
OUTPUT=
IFS=:
for dir in $PATH
do
if test -x "$dir/$COMMAND" ; then
if test "x$OUTPUT" = "x" ; then
OUTPUT="$dir/$COMMAND"
fi
fi
done
IFS=$OLD_IFS
echo "$OUTPUT"
}
sysresources=/etc/X11/Xresources
# merge in defaults
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
fi
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap
XMODMAP=`gdmwhich xmodmap`
if [ "x$XMODMAP" != "x" ] ; then
if [ "x$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY" = "x" ]; then
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
$XMODMAP $sysmodmap
fi
else
( DISPLAY=$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$GDM_PARENT_XAUTHORITY $XMODMAP -pke ) | $XMODMAP -
fi
#
# Switch Sun's Alt and Meta mod mappings
#
UNAME=`gdmwhich uname`
PROCESSOR=`$UNAME -p`
if [ "x$PROCESSOR" = "xsparc" ]; then
if $XMODMAP | /usr/bin/grep mod4 | /usr/bin/grep Alt > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
then
$XMODMAP -e "clear Mod1" \
-e "clear Mod4" \
-e "add Mod1 = Alt_L" \
-e "add Mod1 = Alt_R" \
-e "add Mod4 = Meta_L" \
-e "add Mod4 = Meta_R"
fi
fi
fi
SETXKBMAP=`gdmwhich setxkbmap`
if [ "x$SETXKBMAP" != "x" ] ; then
# FIXME: is this all right? Is this completely on crack?
# What this does is move the xkb configuration from the GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY
# FIXME: This should be done in code. Or there must be an easier way ...
if [ -n "$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY" ]; then
XKBSETUP=`( DISPLAY=$GDM_PARENT_DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$GDM_PARENT_XAUTHORITY $SETXKBMAP -v )`
if [ -n "$XKBSETUP" ]; then
XKBKEYMAP=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^keymap' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBTYPES=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^types' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBCOMPAT=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^compat' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBSYMBOLS=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^symbols' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
XKBGEOMETRY=`echo "$XKBSETUP" | grep '^geometry' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
if [ -n "$XKBKEYMAP" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -keymap "$XKBKEYMAP"
elif [ -n "$XKBTYPES" -a -n "$XKBCOMPAT" -a -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" -a -n "$XKBGEOMETRY" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -types "$XKBTYPES" -compat "$XKBCOMPAT" -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS" -geometry "$XKBGEOMETRY"
elif [ -n "$XKBTYPES" -a -n "$XKBCOMPAT" -a -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -types "$XKBTYPES" -compat "$XKBCOMPAT" -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS"
elif [ -n "$XKBSYMBOLS" ]; then
$SETXKBMAP -symbols "$XKBSYMBOLS"
fi
fi
fi
fi
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
exit 0The addition of this code MUST BE BEFORE the final "fi" in the file.
