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Caps Lock not working

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http://askubuntu.com – My Caps Lock key on my keyboard is not working. The light indicator does not come on and nothing is capitalized when typing. What do i need to do to fix this issue. xmodmap -e "add Lock = Caps_Lock" did not work. Swapped out other keyboards and still have the same results. The Caps Lock is working on all three on windows. (HowTos)

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Submitted by missing on 10/04/2012

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I followed some post a while ago, and it said to make an ~/.xmodmap file like so:

! Swap caps lock and escape remove Lock = Caps_Lock keysym Escape = Caps_Lock keysym Caps_Lock = Escape add Lock = Caps_Lock

I did, and it now I can swap esc and caps lock by doing xmodmap ~/.xmodmap.

I know how to use xmodmap to remap the Caps lock key so it acts as a Control key, or as an Escape key.

I've been trying to swap CAPS LOCK key with Tab key. So the CAPS LOCK key shouldn't turn on the CAPS anymore, instead, act as the Tab key. Some people told me that I should create a .Xmodmap file in the ~/ directory. But I have no idea what's next.

Any suggestions?

I am using Keyboard Layouts Plugin to switch between two layouts.

I want to remap Caps Lock to underscore "_"

First I empty Caps Lock, or otherwise caps lock will do both – toggle caps and produce underscore character and then map caps lock to underscore

xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = " xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = underscore"

Problem? This resets every time I log out or change something in Keyboard La

[TIP] kill the caps lock! 2 years 18 weeks ago

I constantly hit the caps lock by accident on the EEE.  It drives me  nuts!  On Gnome based distros I usually put: xmodmap -e "remove lock = Caps_Lock" in .bashrc and that takes care of things.I don't know if its #! or openbox.  But, for some reason the above fix gave me all caps, all the time!  I had to hold down shift so as not to SHOUT!

Caps lock during login 32 weeks 1 day ago

Why you copy the caps lock indication behavior from Windows XP?

The caps lock indicator is only been visible at start of login, during entering password it's gone.

That's very irritating, because if you start entering password with head down, you miss any caps lock situation.

By then hopen an adaption soon. :o) JensE

I have a qPad MK-85 mechanical keyboard, and I can't seem to get the LED status indicators for the lock keys to work. The CAPS and NUM lock function still works, but I don't have any indication whether they'r'e on or not.It only seems to be under gnome I have this problem, because they're working just fine in grub, windows, and tty2-6.

*TH*is is a strange problem. *NO*tice how the beginning of my sentences include two capitals? Well, over the years I have developed a terrible habit... and it may be too late to fix. Instead of holding shift like a normal person to capitalize my works, I hit Caps Lock, then hit the letter, then hit Caps Lock again. PRetty weird huh?

Capslock 3 years 30 weeks ago

At times, the capslock function will enable itself automatically (the caps light will be off on the keyboard). I then press Caps Lock, the light goes on, and I can type in lowercase. Then while typing it will revert to CAPSLOCK again (caps key still on). I then press Caps Lock again and I type in lowercase again.

The occurrence is infrequent. Any ideas where I should start looking?