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

[Jason Faulkner]

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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Jason Faulkner
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