From: Ed Carp (erc@apple.com)
Date: 07/28/93 

From: erc@apple.com (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: CPU speed control under linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 05:36:02 GMT

John Wharington (s894114@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU) wrote:

: Do I need to know keyboard mappings? The Linux kernel also
: sets my numlock to on, which is annoying since my computer is a laptop,
: and I always have to remember to switch it off before typing.

Here's how to turn off the pesky NUMLOCK...I'm surprised I didn't find
this in the FAQ:

Add/change this line in /usr/src/linux/Makefile:

KEYBOARD = [...] -DKBD_DEFFLAGS=0x40 

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