What makes numlock the default?
by RandomTroll from LinuxQuestions.org on (#59JEP)
My computer, an old Toshiba Satellite, starts with NumLock on. The kernel seems to pick up on this and sets NumLock on in every virtual terminal, even though I've used setleds to turn it off as soon as I can in the boot process. I'd like to make it off. Is there something I can change to make the kernel so decide?
A computer I had in the '90s had NumLock setting as a settable feature in the BIOS. This computer doesn't.
A computer I had in the '90s had NumLock setting as a settable feature in the BIOS. This computer doesn't.