I have been searhing google for a way the change the startup default of linux to numlock, since I use the keypad a lot. I was able to change /etc/rc.d/rc.local so that it numlocks when loading the console, but I want a clean way for X to do this as well. In the same site they mentioned downloading a .tar.gz file, but I can't imagine that this is the only way to do such a simple thing! Thanks a bunch, Samer

If you are using KDE then to turn on numlock at startup: Select menu: Preferences / Peripherals / Keyboard Click Advanced tab In Numlock on KDE startup Select Turn on I have not found a way to do it in GNOME. If you insist on using GNOME then I found a program called numlockx that works with RedHat. You can get it at: http://lea-linux.org/xwindow/numlock.php3 The site is in French. The instructions in English are: 1) download numlockx-0.2.tar.gz (look for the source link) 2) uncompress numlockx $ tar xzf numlockx-0.2.tar.gz 3) build and install numlockx $ cd numlockx-0.2 $ ./configure $ make $ su -c "make install" 4) syntax for numlockx to turn numlock on: $ numlockx on to turn numlock off: $ numlockx off 5) to activate "numlockx on" at boot time add to file: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/numlockx ]; then /usr/X11R6/bin/numlockx on fi Note the $ signs just indicates where a linux prompt wouuld be. Just ignore it.