Hello, Marivi wrote: > > I finally figured out my problem. The laptop I'm using had a weird numlock. I have >to use SHIFT-F1 to turn off the numlock. Now, i can log in as root. so I was right ;-) > > My problem now is how to change the boot or startup file to turn the Numlock to OFF. > Can someone please tell me what file to edit or where to turn NumLock off? > > Thank you, > Marivi Magat You have to remove those lines: # Linux Mandrake : this little script switch on the LEDs # in console mode INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8] for tty in $INITTY; do setleds -D +num < $tty done from the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file. Greets, Gael. -- < Gael DUVAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://linuxmandrake.com > QPL : "With the release of this license, KDE and the Qt Free Edition are truly Open Source(tm)". Bruce Perens, Opensource.org.