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Display Managers - LightDM

Enable Numlock on Startup

On Xubuntu ^*

* Worked on Xubuntu 25.04 on Friday, May 23, 2025.

1. Go to /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d.
2. Open 60-lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf.
3. Add the line greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on.

From Arch wiki - does not work on Xubuntu

1. Create /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf if it doesn't exist.
2. Open lightdm.conf using nano:
   sudo nano lightdm.conf
3. Add these two lines to lightdm.conf:

   [Seat:*]
   greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on