Bug 171453

Summary:	Make enabling NumLock at startup possible in systemsettings
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	finex
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	screenshot screenshot My Keyboard & Mouse window

Description Raphael Kubo da Costa 2008-09-22 15:11:46 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.1)
Compiler:          gcc 4.3.2 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

In KDE3, there used to be a way to control the behaviour of the NumLock key during startup and make it on or off by default.

I couldn't find a way to do the same thing under systemsettings, and find it better than adding numlockx in Autostart.

Comment 1 FiNeX 2008-09-27 02:17:55 UTC

It is already available:
System settings -> keyboard & mouse -> keyboard -> NumLock on KDE startup

Comment 2 Raphael Kubo da Costa 2009-02-08 02:08:25 UTC

I haven't been able to find Keyboard in Keyboard&Mouse in 4.2 or svn trunk for some time anymore.

Comment 3 FiNeX 2009-02-08 13:19:24 UTC

Probably it is an issue on your specific installation because the option is still present on 4.2 and trunk.

Comment 4 FiNeX 2009-02-08 13:19:49 UTC

Created attachment 31119 [details]
screenshot

Comment 5 FiNeX 2009-02-08 13:21:27 UTC

Created attachment 31120 [details]
screenshot

Comment 6 FiNeX 2009-02-08 13:24:03 UTC

@Raphael: please, would you like to post a screenshot of your "keyboard & mouse" settings window?

You can even try to start the kcm module typing:

  kcmshell4 keyboard

If it doesn't start, it means that you don't have it installed.

Comment 7 Raphael Kubo da Costa 2009-02-08 16:43:56 UTC

Created attachment 31126 [details]
My Keyboard & Mouse window

Comment 8 Raphael Kubo da Costa 2009-02-08 16:48:37 UTC

@FiNeX: I've attached my settings window. It looks the same both for trunk and 4.2 (Arch Linux).

Typing kcmshell4 keyboard in trunk, I get

  kcmshell(4195)/kcmshell (kdelibs) locateModule: "keyboard"  should not be loaded.

In this case, what needs to be done to active/compile the module?

Comment 9 FiNeX 2009-02-08 17:23:09 UTC

It depends from your packager or, if you have compiled kde from trunk, maybe you've not installed all the components.

You can ask for a more detailed help on the new kde forum or on IRC channel.

Comment 10 Raphael Kubo da Costa 2009-03-24 05:27:59 UTC

I'm using trunk and the problem persists. Initial investigation in the code suggests keyboard.desktop in $KDEDIR/share/kde4/services is loaded as a menu id and not as a desktop file.

If I rename it to something like 'foo.desktop' and run kbuildsycoca4 it works fine. Should this bug be reopened or should I file a new bug report?

Comment 11 Raphael Kubo da Costa 2009-03-24 05:38:18 UTC

Actually, this bug is in fact bug 169710. Marking as DUPLICATE (don't know if DUPLICATE bugs should be marked as CLOSED or RESOLVED).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 169710 ***