Why does gdm turns off numlock on login screen in RHEL7?

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Issue

  • When a RHEL7 system(installed with KDE) boots, the numlock LED is lit. However, once the GDM login screen appears, the numlock LED goes out, and numlock is off.
  • What setting can be used to ensure that numlock is active when the GDM login screen comes up?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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