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

[Sean Myers]

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My capslock key doesn't work in the text ttys, exactly as described in
the original email.

I hate the caps lock key, and commonly make it do other things, so I
hadn't noticed this until now.

That said, I am running 7.04 Desktop with the latest updates.

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Sean Myers
System Administrator
American Research Institute
(919) 228-4961


Mike Norwood wrote:
> I also tampered with some configuration replies, but I don't remember 
> finding or changing anything that should have corrected it, so I will 
> still assume it was the updates. I may have to reload it again to make 
> sure exactly what fixed it.  I like the caps lock key.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> 
>> 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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