On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, David Ferlier wrote:
> if you wanna set it the led state under a wscons console, you need to change the ledstate wsconsctl variable, like that
>
> wsconsctl -w ledstate=1

That'll turn the LED itself on, but not the actual function the LED is
associated with. I.e., the NumLock LED will be on, but typing on the
numeric keypad will still give you the arrow keys.

> if you're under X, you can effectively use xset.

I think "xset led" also only sets the LEDs, not the actual function.