On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 01:27:06PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 160524 wabe wrote: > > Philip Webb <[email protected]> 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. > > Thanks for trying so far. Does anyone have further advice ?
Sorry if I missed something in this thread, but could you confirm you have the x11-misc/numlockx package installed and have, as the last two lines in your .xinitrc: numlockx& exec fluxbox
