Num Verr to startup MANJARO

[JiPi]

I notice a small (non-blocking) detail when starting MANJARO OS. I have configured the numeric keypad lock in the KDE configuration, but it is not taken into account during startup.
The problem must come from KDE, or from MANJARO.

[Wollie]

Have you set Manjaro to start with an empty session?

System Settings  > Workspace > Startup and Shutdown > Desktop Session

[Aragorn]

Your description of “startup” is too vague. Do you mean that it’s not active after logging in, or that it’s not active outside of Plasma?

Maybe this post below may help. It addresses the various ways of enabling NumLock.

How to make num lock turn on on startup?

There are different stages where you can enable this, but best is to enable this everywhere. Make sure that the UEFI or BIOS enables NumLock. In /etc/sddm.conf, make sure that you have… [General] InputMethod= Numlock=on In KDE Plasma, open up System Settings and navigate to Hardware, Input Devices, Keyboard. There is a setting there for automatically turning on NumLock. If you want NumLock to always be active in Plasma, even when it’s switched off — i.e. the indicator LED on the…

Also make sure that the keyboard daemon is running in…

System Settings → Workspace → Startup and Shutdown → Background Services