[NMLUG] numlock ON

[sbrowne at ix.netcom.com (Steve Browne)]

I don't know about you guys (which is why I'm bringing it up), but I
HATE numlock ON. It seems to be an artifact left over from the early
days of Unix. Whenever numlock is inadvertently left ON, it screws up
any number of keyboard sequences for me.

These days normally the motherboard bios will toggle the numlock
function. I recently rejected a Gigabyte motherboard because its bios
had no numlock toggle. CAN YOU IMAGINE?

In Linux you can turn numlock off on boot through subterfuges
involving /etc/rc*.d, but I'd love to know, does ANYONE LIKE TO HAVE
NUMLOCK ON? Or do you just rip the key out?

Steve
Stephen B. Browne
sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
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