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I upgraded my OS to the latest version - Linux Mint 18.2 Sarah. After upgrading my NumLock is off. I changed my display manager from mdm to lightdm. this method is not working.

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Jaleks' answer was only almost right for me, but this finally worked (Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon, manually updated to LightDM (from LM 18.1)):

Install sudo apt install numlockx, after that, edit /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/90-slick-greeter.conf file and add the following line at the end:

greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on
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try to edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: 

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

Just for reference: weird enough there is a whole ecosystem for numlock settings, depending on which display/window managers one uses, see e.g. the always great Arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Activating_Numlock_on_Bootup

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On plain Ubuntu

First install the numlockx package:

$ sudo apt install numlockx

On plain Ubuntu, the LightDM directory in which to create the configuration file is named slightly differently:

$ cd /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
$ sudo touch 00-keyboard.conf
$ sudo nano 00-keyboard.conf

The following configuration worked for me:

[SeatDefaults]
greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on

In this very configuration file, one can also define the keyboard layout to be used during the LightDM login session.

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Serge Stroobandt
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Mint 18.3 the setup for Numlockx has been added in the "login screen" option (within the "administration" menu)

cf : https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sylvia_cinnamon_whatsnew.php

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