[TriLUG] ubuntu 7.04 desktop - caps lock key not working

[Andrew C. Oliver]

I just discovered my non-X terms have the same issue...totally freaky. 
I never noticed this before... I guess I never use caps lock..

Mike Norwood wrote:
> Jason,
> 
> I appreciate the reply.  It told me (from the desktop) that they were 42 
> updated packages available, and after letting those run, it now works.  I 
> can only assume something in these updates fixed it, but I have no idea 
> what it might have been.  
> 
> Thanks again, Mike.
> 
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Jason Faulkner wrote:
> 
>> I don't know what to do to help, but this has to be one of the
>> strangest linux desktop issues I've ever read about. You know, I'll
>> have to check on one of my linux boxes at work to see if caps lock
>> works there. I don't think I've ever tried it.
>>
>>> I have recently loaded a machine with Ubuntu 7.04 desktop edition and like
>>> quite a lot about it, however the caps lock key does not appear to work on
>>> the console tty1 through tty6 screens.  It does actually light up when I
>>> push it, and the light goes off when I push it again, but it does not
>>> work.  To make letters capital I have to push the shift key.  It does work
>>> in a terminal window from the graphical desktop.  I found a few messages
>>> about this in googling around, but no clear solution.  Has anyone seen
>>> this before, and especially does anyone know how to fix it?
>>
>>
> 


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