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Title:
How to stop Ubuntu from changing numlock state on boot?
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October 30, 2019
Edited: June 12, 2020
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For Ubuntu Gnome 18.04+
When you are at the login screen the user ID active is gdm (Gnome Desktop Manager). To change that profile login with your own user ID and use:
sudo -i
xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
su gdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.keyboard numlock-state 'on'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click true
For a plethora of even more options:
For Ubuntu Unity 16.04+
Install the the program numlockx:
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install numlockx
$ numlockx -h
NumLockX 1.2
(C) 2000-2001 Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>
(C) 2001 Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
Usage: numlockx [on|off|toggle|status]
on - turns NumLock on in X ( default )
off - turns NumLock off in X
toggle - toggles the NumLock on and off in X
status - gets the NumLock status
Next step is to get it running during login screen:
$ locate 50-unity-greeter.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf
$ sudo -H gedit /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf
At bottom of file add:
greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on
Save file and login again.
Catchall when everything fails
Install numlockx as show above. Then
$ sudo -H gedit /etc/rc.local
At bottom of file add:
/usr/bin/numlockx on
Save file and reboot.