Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi, > >>> We only need to migrate the state when it is different of the default >>> one (0). >> >> Er, isn't it going to be different from the default in like 99% of >> circumstances? > > Why? caps lock and scroll lock are off usually. numlock depends on > what the user prefers. In case he cares in the first place of > course. I expect most users don't and just go with the default. > > On my physical machines numlock is off by default. Likewise in my > virtual machines: SeaBIOS keeps it off by default, and Linux+Windows > guests don't muck with it at boot. > > I remember physical machines used to have numlock on by default in the > 90ies. They even had a BIOS Setup option to pick the initial numlock > state. That seems to be out-fashioned these days though, I havn't > seen that for quite a while now ...
I have nothing else to add. This is exactly my point. I think that I have _never_ setup NumLock by default in any of my machines. And capslock use is very, very sporadic. In my case, it would be 0 about 99.9% of the time. Later, Juan.
