startx and numlocks

Jean-Baptiste Quenot jb.quenot at caraldi.com
Mon Nov 24 00:49:26 PST 2003


* Dru:
> 
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Chris Pressey wrote:
> 
> Thanks, that does the trick. For those that want to try it, after you've
> installed the port, add this line to the beginning of your "~/.xinitrc":
> 
> exec /usr/X11R6/bin/numlockx &

No, no and no!  The "exec" statement replaces the current process, which
is definitely not what you want.  Just put [1]:

/usr/X11R6/bin/numlock

        -- or simply --

numlockx

Cheers,
-- 
Jean-Baptiste Quenot
http://caraldi.com/jbq/

[1] http://caraldi.com/jbq/ports/numlockx/
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