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9.1. Mandrake

Almost everything is easy to accomplish (probably because I've used it for 2-3 years, at least).

  1. Just a small tweak in /etc/init.d/numlock:

    
--- /etc/init.d/numlock.orig	2003-04-11 00:58:55.000000000 +0200
    +++ /etc/init.d/numlock	2003-03-19 13:03:30.000000000 +0100
    @@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
     	echo
     	touch $SYSCONF_FILE
     	
    -	for tty in /dev/tty[0-8]; do
    +	for tty in /dev/tty[0-7]; do
     		setleds -D +num < $tty
     	done
    
     	;;
       stop)
     	gprintf "Disabling numlocks on ttys: "
    -	for tty in /dev/tty[0-8]; do
    +	for tty in /dev/tty[0-7]; do
     		setleds -D -num < $tty
     	done
     	echo_success