Ubuntu
numlockx package

  1. Bug #218202
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 218202

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luvr (luc-vanrompaey) wrote : Re: [hardy] numlockx does not turn num lock keyboard light on.

The suggestion made by Cipher_no1 above, does work: Turning on NumLock from "/etc/gdm/Init/Default" *will* turn on the keyboard LED.
Once the xfce environment is loaded, however, the "numlockx" utility will no longer touch the LED.

For me, this is an acceptable work-around for this issue--NumLock is now automatically turned on when I boot the system, *AND* the LED correctly reflects this fact. Since the NumLock key still functions correctly (i.e., it toggles both the NumLock status and the LED), I can live with it.