[Bug 41425] Turn Numlock ON on GDM Login

[joelbryan]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
I think turning on numlock will be beneficial for people who use numbers
in their login names or password.

To do this, numlockx would have to be installed.

numlockx is available in universe,
e.g sudo apt-get install numlockx

and to enable it, modify 
/etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default file and add the following before "exit 0;"

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

this will set numlock on if numlockx is installed.

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Turn Numlock ON on GDM Login
https://launchpad.net/bugs/41425