I would like the Numlock to default to on when Rocky boots - how can I achieve this? I can’t find anything in Settings. I am using 9.8.
You want numlock set to enabled on the login screen or on the desktop?
Which login manager are you using? GDM? Lightdm? Text? Something else?
Which desktop are you using? Gnome? KDE? Mate? Text? Something else?
Ideally both login and desktop, but only desktop would be OK.
The desktop is Gnome. The login manager will be whichever is the default for Rocky 9.8.
For the desktop you can probably set that using dconf-editor.
For the login screen and the desktop togther I think you could use numlockx.
Note that I personally use neither gdm or gnome so I haven’t tried either one of these solutions myself.
Thanks - turns out that numlockx is not relevant for Wayland (which 9.8 is running) but enough of a clue to find that simply entering the command below turns numlock on (for both login and desktop)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard numlock-state true
Further details at https://askubuntu.com/questions/1536465/how-can-i-enable-numlock-on-login-ubuntu-24-10
Did you check the BIOS settings?
For me, using Cinnamon, which is effectively Gnome underneath it remembers when numlock was turned on or not. I’d be surprised if Gnome worked any differently, so it should remember once you’ve logged in and it would get re-enabled.