Talk:Activating numlock on bootup

SDDE + KDE Plasma with Wayland

The instructions under 3.3 didn't seem to work for me (the numpad didn't turn on at startup), but the ones under 2.3 did. It might be worth adjusting the instructions to reflect this if others can verify that this is the case. Ladybunne (talk) 15:02, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Below is the process I followed:

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE #says Wayland

sudo ls -l /var/lib/sddm/.config/ #kcminputrc is missing

sudo touch /var/lib/sddm/.config/kcminputrc && sudo chown sddm:sddm /var/lib/sddm/.config/kcminputrc && sudo -e /var/lib/sddm/.config/kcminputrc #to create kcminputrc, to change ownership from root to sddm, to edit file with default editor

Add echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE #says Wayland

[Keyboard]

NumLock=0

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE #says Waylandfrom 3.3, write to file and quit.

Reboot to confirm it's on by default. #it is

I tested this on a HP laptop lacking the option to enable or disable it by default in the BIOS. AnotherFool (talk) 00:09, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! This worked on my Lenovo laptop too. LoKolbasz (talk) 03:36, 27 December 2025 (UTC)