Turn Numlock on at login

From MEPIS Documentation Wiki

If you want NumLock on at KDE startup, simply use the setting in KMenu -> Control Center -> Peripherals -> Keyboard -> NumLock on KDE startup, set it to "Turn on". For versions prior to Mepis 8 try: System Settings -> Peripherals -> Keyboard -> NumLock on KDE startup

If you however want to turn NumLock on by default even before logging in to KDE, in the login dialog itself (this is useful for some laptops that have the numeric keyboard combined with the normal keyboard), do the following:

Start Konsole and run these commands (as root):

apt-get update
apt-get install numlockx
echo numlockx on >>/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup