Activating Numlock on Bootup

To activate the numlock during normal bootup in virtual consoles 1-6 (vc/n), add the following line to /etc/rc.local:

for i in $(seq 6); do /usr/bin/setleds -D +num < /dev/vc/${i} >/dev/null; done

If you use startx to start your X window session, simply install the numlockx package and add it to your ~/.xinitrc file.

Install numlockx:

pacman -S numlockx

Add it to ~/.xinitrc before exec:

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

numlockx &

exec your_window_manager

If you use KDM as a login manager, add :

numlockx on

to your /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xsetup.

You may alternatively add a script to your ~/.kde/Autostart directory:

nano ~/.kde/Autostart/numlockx

Add the following:

#!/bin/sh
numlockx on

And make it executable:

chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/numlockx

GDM users may add the following code to /etc/gdm/Init/Default :

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

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