On Tuesday 24 May 2016 19:41:41 wabe wrote:
> Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:
> > 160524 wabe wrote:
> > > Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> 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.
> > > 
> > > I had the same "problem" under XFCE till I added to my .xinitrc
> > > 'xsetleds +num -caps -scroll'
> > 
> > I tried that, inserting it before/after 'startfluxbox',
> > but it makes no difference.
> > 'xsetleds' has no man file & 'which xsetleds' yields nothing.
> 
> $ which xsetleds
> /usr/bin/xsetleds
> 
> eix xsetleds
> [I] x11-misc/xsetleds
>      Verfügbare Versionen:   0.1.3{tbz2} ~0.1.3-r1
>      Installierte Versionen: 0.1.3{tbz2}(07:53:32 25.10.2010)
>      Startseite:             ftp://ftp.unix-ag.org/user/bmeurer/xsetleds/
>      Beschreibung:           small tool to report and change the keyboard
> LED states of an X display
> 
> 
> There is also a manpage for xsetleds. I guess, xsetleds isn't just
> installed on your system.
> 
> --
> Regards
> wabe

Alternatively, check man xset.

I was not sure if either of these just switches the LEDs on/off, or if it also 
modifies the underlying functionality.  I couldn't get xset to change my 
numlock because it wouldn't recognise "Num Lock" as a name and numbers 1 to 3 
would not have an effect on it.

Anyway, the way I did it was by emerging numlockx and then creating this file:

cat /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/95-numlockx
#!/bin/sh
numlockx on

-- 
Regards,
Mick