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geekmiki

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Registered: 2011-10-10

Posts: 74

[Solved ]Slim: numlock on has no effect

Hi,

The "numlock on" option in slim.conf had been working fine for a while, but since the update to 1.3.3 (not sure it's related to that) it doesn't work anymore.

Has anyone experienced something similar?

Just in case, my slim.conf:

 Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path        /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp vt07

# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd          /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd         /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd        /usr/sbin/suspend

# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path         /usr/bin/xauth

# Xauth file for server
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth


# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
numlock             on

# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
hidecursor          false

# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
#
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd           exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session

# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
#
# sessionstart_cmd      some command
# sessionstop_cmd       some command

# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon        yes

# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions            xfce4

# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd      import -window root /slim.png

# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg         Welcome to %host

# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg         Session:

# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg       The system is halting...
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user        simone

# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password      no

# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#auto_login          no


# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to
# randomly choose from
#current_theme       default
current_theme        archlinux-darch-grey

# Lock file
lockfile            /var/lock/slim.lock

# Log file
logfile             /var/log/slim.log

Last edited by geekmiki (2012-05-11 18:00:52)

adamrehard

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From: NY, USA

Registered: 2011-11-03

Posts: 154

Re: [Solved ]Slim: numlock on has no effect

I always use

numlockx &

in .xinitrc personally. Past that, I can't help you, as I've never used that particular function of SLiM.

Have you checked /var/log/slim.log?

Last edited by adamrehard (2012-05-11 15:21:06)

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matse

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Registered: 2011-04-27

Posts: 299

Re: [Solved ]Slim: numlock on has no effect

Do you already have slim 1.3.3-3 installed?
Accodring to the Changelog it includes now a numlock fix which fixes this issue, which I guess is exactly the one you encounter.
Greetings
matse

geekmiki

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Registered: 2011-10-10

Posts: 74

Re: [Solved ]Slim: numlock on has no effect

Thanks matse, 1.3.3-3 resolved the issue.
I had to try several mirrors before finding one with the updated package...