From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C7C713829C for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2016 03:12:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 772BB254037; Mon, 6 Jun 2016 03:12:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1355325402A for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2016 03:12:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1368D2EBCE4 for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2016 23:12:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N9nFVjrOB7gJ for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2016 23:12:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-104-157-151-89.dyn.295.ca [104.157.151.89]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A1E2E2EA472 for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2016 23:12:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 05 Jun 2016 23:12:07 -0400 Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 23:12:07 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] NumLock puzzle Message-ID: <20160606031207.GA1307@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20160524110920.GA1306@ca.inter.net> <20160524155031.7a631637@hal9000.localdomain> <20160524172705.GA1307@ca.inter.net> <20160524212927.GA502@archlinux.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160524212927.GA502@archlinux.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: 056b12b1-d72e-4ea3-a373-b45932ff1c37 X-Archives-Hash: 1b077078d688878da99e80e745beaa2c 160524 Dutch Ingraham wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: >> I've noticed that the NumLock key goes off after 'startx'. >> My window manager is Fluxbox & I don't see any mention there >> nor does there seem to be any setting under /etc/X11 . >> I have added 'numlock' to the default runlevel, >> but that makes no difference. > Could you confirm you have x11-misc/numlockx installed > and have as the last two lines in your .xinitrc : > numlockx& > exec fluxbox Thanks : that works ! -- when X starts, the LED blinks & Numlock is on. NB my .xinitrc has 'numlockx &' : isn't the space necessary ? The other suggestions -- xset & xsetleds -- don't seem to work. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca