Numlock=on does not work with autologin

[ziggi]

/etc/sddm.conf:

[General]
Numlock=on

[Autologin]
User=ziggi
Session=awesome

[nbvcxz]

Confirmed - Archlinux SDDM 0.12.0-4

[plfiorini]

NumLock is set by the greeter because it needs a windowing system, but the greeter is not running with autologin. Hence numlock will never be set.

I think this is expected. We should state that on the man page and the sddm.conf comments (the latter can be done with #530)

[jleclanche]

@plfiorini I don't like that :/ can't we do a raw x call or something?

[plfiorini]

@jleclanche it currently uses xcb_xkb which requires a display, xkbcommon might be a good candidate.
btw man page already mentioned sddm-greeter :p

[ghost]

I'm new to linux. I've just installed arch+lxqt+sddm in virtualbox. But how can I not only enable autologin but also activate numlock on bootup?

[jleclanche]

@goodluckclever If you go in Keyboard & Mouse settings, in Keyboard you can set it so LXQt turns NumLock on after login.

[ziggi]

@goodluckclever or you can use numlockx or systemd-numlockontty. For more information go to the wiki.

[ghost]

@jleclanche Oh, how easy! I made it. Thanks a lot!
@ziggi I've read the web page you recommanded. I just wondered whether there are any other better ways. It seems that "Keyboard & Mouse settings" is the best choice. But thank you all the same!

[sci-42ver]

It seems to not work in wayland. (maybe just not using numpad is the best solution)

In /etc, I has the only conf /etc/sddm.conf.d/10-wayland.conf , and Numlock works if not using DisplayServer=wayland and GreeterEnvironment=QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION=layer-shell. The two option don't influence wayland compositor (in my env it is plasma-wayland-session ) according to man sddm.conf ( tested with xwininfo )

/etc/sddm.conf.d/10-wayland.conf

[General]                                                                                                                                  
#InputMethod=
Numlock=on
#DisplayServer=wayland
#GreeterEnvironment=QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION=layer-shell

[Wayland]
CompositorCommand=/usr/bin/kwin_wayland  --no-lockscreen

## kde theme
[Theme]
CursorTheme=breeze_cursors
Font=Noto Sans,18,-1,0,50,0,0,0,0,0

env

$ pacman -Qs sddm
local/sddm-git 0.19.0.212.g5fceaa9-1
    The Simple Desktop Display Manager
local/sddm-kcm 5.27.3-1 (plasma)
    KDE Config Module for SDDM