Num Lock turns off when entering X

[Blue Beret]

Hi, I'm using a Debian GNU/Linux testing and xorg with fluxbox (my desktop is meant to be lightweight). I like Num Lock on, so I set it up for both console and X (using numlockx there). It works fine, but when I switch from console to X, the LED turns off. Note that this problem is only cosmetical, as the Num Lock function remains on, it is just not shown. I wonder if anyone had this minor problem and knows how to deal with it.

[scientica]

It seems to be some "default" thing, for some reason it seems standard to turn off numlock (or at least the led) all the time (boot, login, X start, switching vt, etc, etc) - I've never understood why it's not default to keep numlock on, but I'd guess it's some legacy from a time when (I think) not all keyboards had a numpad.

[Javasnob]

This might not work, by try running numlockx on X startup (add it to your .xinitrc file before fluxbox).

[Blue Beret]

This might not work, by try running numlockx on X startup (add it to your .xinitrc file before fluxbox).

I tried this as well as adding the numlockx line into /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup, but the LED keeps switching off.
I forgot to add that when switching into a console (from X or another console), the LED state changes appropriately.
Another thing to add is that this is not a bug in xdm, as the same behavior can be expected when X is started via startx.