Re: Why does Linux turn off num lock key?

On 2006-02-06, Robert Hull wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc, on Mon 06 February 2006 17:44, Chris F.A. Johnson
<cfajohnson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I usually have the opposite problem: How do I get the numlock to be
turned off when I boot?

Change the BIOS settings

Now that I think about it, I believe that's what I did.

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