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[Bug 632341] [NEW] Num Lock is not activated by default at GDM

 

You have been assigned a bug task for a public bug by Vish (vish):

Binary package hint: gdm

This is a pretty trivial bug, but it may be a candidate for future a 100
papercuts cycle. I did try searching to see if it had been reported
before, but couldn't find any - apologies if I've missed it!

At present, NumLock isn't enabled when you go to log in to Ubuntu, so
you have to manually enable it before entering numerical passwords on
the number pad. While this isn't a critical issue, it is one that I feel
should be fixed. I don't know anyone who uses the number pad for its
arrows, and other OSs do enable NumLock by default.

Additionally to achieve this behaviour at present requires installing
the numlockx package, and manually editing /etc/gdm/Init/Default - which
is clearly not appropriate for new users.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gdm 2.30.5-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep  7 12:35:03 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100803.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm

** Affects: gdm
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: hundredpapercuts
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Papercuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick
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Num Lock is not activated by default at GDM
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/632341
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