To Turn Numlock ON:- in /etc/profile OR Startup script /etc/init.d/rc.5/S99.sh for tty in /dev/tty[1-6] /dev/tty1[2]; do setleds -D +num <$tty & done You need to be 'connected' to the console so this will not work on a 'Konsole' or shell running under 'X' as these are not login shells but normal proccesses. Trevor 'The Devil' Pearson