Wiki Pick: Numlock On At Login

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This is one of those irritating little things that isn’t broken. If you use a lot of numbers in your logon password, not being able to use the number keypad at logon is a muscle memory problem. This will show you the method of getting numlock to be on at the login screen.

If you want numlock on at the boot up log in screen so that you can use your number keypad, you need to install numlockx and configure it using the following steps.

1 — Log in to root.

2 — Open Synaptic and install numlockx.

3 — Create a text file named 50-unity-greeter.conf in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/

4 — Open 50-unity-greeter.conf in a text editor.

5 — Copy and paste the following code in to the 50-unity-greeter.conf file:

[Seat:*] greeter-session=unity-greeter
greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on

6 — Save your changes.

7 — Close your text editor and any other open applications and reboot.

You can now use your number keypad when you log in.