Re: [xubuntu-users] ...just learned a lesson that I really already knew...

2016-12-01 Thread Len Philpot 
Thanks for the link - I already have that preferenceset, but it always 
defaults to 'off' when I login. In fact, I can turn it on and later it 
will be off again. Isuspect it's when I lock the keyboard, but I've 
checked specifically. An interesting point is that sometimes when I hit 
NumLock to turn it on, it have to hit it twice before the LED comes on. 
That may be only the first time after unlocking... once again not sure, 
but that leads me to think itthinks it's on, but it isn't. Or may be the 
LED somehow isn't getting triggered, but I suspect that's unlikely given 
it's hardware.


At any rate, a minor nit.

*Len Philpot*
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On 12/01/2016 05:38 AM, KC1DI wrote:

this page may be of help to  you:
Ubuntu wiki 

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:32 AM, flocculant > wrote:


First - could you not get to recovery rather than ssh?

Anyway - I have

/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/90-numlock.conf

[Seat:*]
greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on

Obviously have numlockx installed. I've found that numlock at the
keyboard settings makes no difference at all to login screen.



On 01/12/16 03:50, Len Philpot wrote:

...and after nearly 20 years in IT (most of that on *nix) I
should have known better, but...   :-)
Lesson: Be careful what you put in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. It
can prevent login.
Backstory: I applied updates as prompted tonight and after
rebooting, it (16.04.1 LTS) came up to the teal boot splash with
the rotating circle and did... nothing. No login prompt and no
combination of Ctrl+Alt+Fx would give me a console prompt.
But I was able to SSH in from my laptop! There were lots of
messages in /var/log/syslog about lightdm failing to start (tell
me something I don't know!) and 'systemctl status
lightdm.service' confirmed it was down. There were also a couple
of messages about not being able to load
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf due to an entry not being in a group
(or something like that - Not on the box now to check).
Anyway, when I took a look at lightdm.conf, there was a
"numlockx" line (the only one) I had forgotten about putting
there a few days ago... from unverified online advice.  :-/  I
was trying to get number lock to turn on automatically, but
obviously that's not the way to do it!  :-)  I deleted (the
otherwise empty) lightdm.conf and voila...! It works great again.
Once again, I should have asked the question: What did you change
last? (only this time of myself).
Speaking of number lock: Is there a way to reliably and safely
enable it at login?
Thanks.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] ...just learned a lesson that I really already knew...

2016-12-01 Thread KC1DI 
this page may be of help to  you:
Ubuntu wiki 

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:32 AM, flocculant  wrote:

> First - could you not get to recovery rather than ssh?
>
> Anyway - I have
>
> /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/90-numlock.conf
>
> [Seat:*]
> greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on
>
> Obviously have numlockx installed. I've found that numlock at the keyboard
> settings makes no difference at all to login screen.
>
>
>
> On 01/12/16 03:50, Len Philpot wrote:
>
> ...and after nearly 20 years in IT (most of that on *nix) I should have
> known better, but...   :-)
>
> Lesson: Be careful what you put in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. It can
> prevent login.
>
> Backstory: I applied updates as prompted tonight and after rebooting, it
> (16.04.1 LTS) came up to the teal boot splash with the rotating circle and
> did... nothing. No login prompt and no combination of Ctrl+Alt+Fx would
> give me a console prompt.
>
> But I was able to SSH in from my laptop! There were lots of messages in
> /var/log/syslog about lightdm failing to start (tell me something I don't
> know!) and 'systemctl status lightdm.service' confirmed it was down. There
> were also a couple of messages about not being able to load
> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf due to an entry not being in a group (or
> something like that - Not on the box now to check).
>
> Anyway, when I took a look at lightdm.conf, there was a "numlockx" line
> (the only one) I had forgotten about putting there a few days ago... from
> unverified online advice.  :-/  I was trying to get number lock to turn on
> automatically, but obviously that's not the way to do it!  :-)  I deleted
> (the otherwise empty) lightdm.conf and voila...! It works great again.
>
> Once again, I should have asked the question: What did you change last?
> (only this time of myself).
>
> Speaking of number lock: Is there a way to reliably and safely enable it
> at login?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Len Philpot
> Sent from EPIM Pro
>
>
>
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] ...just learned a lesson that I really already knew...

2016-11-30 Thread flocculant 

First - could you not get to recovery rather than ssh?

Anyway - I have

/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/90-numlock.conf

   [Seat:*]
   greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on

Obviously have numlockx installed. I've found that numlock at the 
keyboard settings makes no difference at all to login screen.




On 01/12/16 03:50, Len Philpot wrote:
...and after nearly 20 years in IT (most of that on *nix) I should 
have known better, but...   :-)
Lesson: Be careful what you put in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. It can 
prevent login.
Backstory: I applied updates as prompted tonight and after rebooting, 
it (16.04.1 LTS) came up to the teal boot splash with the rotating 
circle and did... nothing. No login prompt and no combination of 
Ctrl+Alt+Fx would give me a console prompt.
But I was able to SSH in from my laptop! There were lots of messages 
in /var/log/syslog about lightdm failing to start (tell me something I 
don't know!) and 'systemctl status lightdm.service' confirmed it was 
down. There were also a couple of messages about not being able to 
load /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf due to an entry not being in a group 
(or something like that - Not on the box now to check).
Anyway, when I took a look at lightdm.conf, there was a "numlockx" 
line (the only one) I had forgotten about putting there a few days 
ago... from unverified online advice.  :-/  I was trying to get number 
lock to turn on automatically, but obviously that's not the way to do 
it!  :-)  I deleted (the otherwise empty) lightdm.conf and voila...! 
It works great again.
Once again, I should have asked the question: What did you change 
last? (only this time of myself).
Speaking of number lock: Is there a way to reliably and safely enable 
it at login?

Thanks.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] ...just learned a lesson that I really already knew...

2016-11-30 Thread fred roller 
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Len Philpot  wrote:

> Speaking of number lock: Is there a way to reliably and safely enable it
> at login?
>

I believe that System Settings --> Keyboard --> Behavior should have a
"Restore num lock state on startup" option.  Make sure it is checked and it
should remember from there on.  By the by, seems you did well in recovering
your system.  Thanks for sharing, should help some poor soul.  We tend to
beat our beloved *nix systems and it still patiently works as we learn.  In
remembering all the changes one is bound to slip on occasion.  Good job.

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