5.1 boots with NumLock default-ON

[badsector]

could be unintentional

[pete910]

And?

They all default to on, as it should. No?

[badsector]

And?

They all default to on, as it should. No?

I wouldn´t know about all distros.

The way I see it there are 3 lights on my keyboard to alert to some condition, like you would not want to enter a password with CapsLock ON.

NumLock, CapsLock & ScrollLock

No one in his right mind would put a light on a keyboard to alert the user to a normal condition, last I heard, although it is a noname chinese knockoff and maybe that´s exactly what they did.

[doktor5000]

Since when are those alert lights? And seems you only think about your situation, pretty much everybody with a separate numpad wants numlock to be activated.

[badsector]

Since when are those alert lights? And seems you only think about your situation, pretty much everybody with a separate numpad wants numlock to be activated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Num_lock

"Since most modern desktop computers have a full-size keyboard with both
a numeric pad and separate arrow keys, Num Lock is rarely used for its
original purpose, and ends up confusing the user if it has for some
reason been activated without the user being aware of this."