Bugzilla – Bug 391473
can't make capslock a ctrl key
Last modified: 2008-05-19 15:56:03 UTC
One of the first things I do after installing Linux is go to the gnome keyboard prefs and select the "Make CapsLock and additional Control" option. Unfortunately, setting that option appears to have no effect.
Are you sure its just not the indicator light thats deceiving? See bug 368590
Ok, that's strange -- it seems that after fiddling with it in the capplet, the binding works properly now. The indicator was still toggling, though, as noted in the other bug (which confused me). I think there is still something going on, as I had already set the binding and it definitely wasn't working.
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Ok, confirmed that the layout change is busted upon logging in. After launching the capplet and "resetting" the option, it works. So maybe something missing/broken in the session startup?
Does it work if you run "setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp - $DISPLAY" after login?
IT SORT OF WORKED -- CAPSLOCK IS NOW CTRL BUT I AM STUCK IN UPPER CASE AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED. OUTPUT OF 'setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp - $DISPLAY' BELOW: Warning: Multiple names for keycode 227 Using <MENU>, ignoring <I63> Warning: Key name <MENU> assigned to multiple keys Using 227, ignoring 117 expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 914 of inet last scanned symbol is: XF86Info Warning: No symbols defined for <SYRQ> (keycode 92) Warning: No symbols defined for <II65> (keycode 101) Warning: No symbols defined for <BRK> (keycode 114) Warning: No symbols defined for <FK13> (keycode 118) Warning: No symbols defined for <FK14> (keycode 119) Warning: No symbols defined for <FK15> (keycode 120) Warning: No symbols defined for <FK16> (keycode 121) Warning: No symbols defined for <FK17> (keycode 122) Warning: No symbols defined for <KPDC> (keycode 123) Warning: No symbols defined for <XFER> (keycode 129) Warning: No symbols defined for <I02> (keycode 130) Warning: No symbols defined for <NFER> (keycode 131) Warning: No symbols defined for <I04> (keycode 132) Warning: No symbols defined for <AE13> (keycode 133) Warning: No symbols defined for <I06> (keycode 134) Warning: No symbols defined for <I07> (keycode 135) Warning: No symbols defined for <I08> (keycode 136) Warning: No symbols defined for <I09> (keycode 137) Warning: No symbols defined for <I0A> (keycode 138) Warning: No symbols defined for <I0B> (keycode 139) Warning: No symbols defined for <I0C> (keycode 140) Warning: No symbols defined for <I0D> (keycode 141) Warning: No symbols defined for <I0E> (keycode 142) Warning: No symbols defined for <I0F> (keycode 143) Warning: No symbols defined for <I11> (keycode 145) Warning: No symbols defined for <I12> (keycode 146) Warning: No symbols defined for <I13> (keycode 147) Warning: No symbols defined for <I14> (keycode 148) Warning: No symbols defined for <I15> (keycode 149) Warning: No symbols defined for <I16> (keycode 150) Warning: No symbols defined for <I17> (keycode 151) Warning: No symbols defined for <I18> (keycode 152) Warning: No symbols defined for <I1A> (keycode 154) Warning: No symbols defined for <I1B> (keycode 155) Warning: No symbols defined for <K59> (keycode 157) Warning: No symbols defined for <I1E> (keycode 158) Warning: No symbols defined for <I21> (keycode 161) Warning: No symbols defined for <I23> (keycode 163) Warning: No symbols defined for <I25> (keycode 165) Warning: No symbols defined for <I26> (keycode 166) Warning: No symbols defined for <I27> (keycode 167) Warning: No symbols defined for <I28> (keycode 168) Warning: No symbols defined for <I29> (keycode 169) Warning: No symbols defined for <K5A> (keycode 170) Warning: No symbols defined for <I2B> (keycode 171) Warning: No symbols defined for <I2C> (keycode 172) Warning: No symbols defined for <I2D> (keycode 173) Warning: No symbols defined for <I2F> (keycode 175) Warning: No symbols defined for <I31> (keycode 177) Warning: No symbols defined for <I32> (keycode 178) Warning: No symbols defined for <I33> (keycode 179) Warning: No symbols defined for <I34> (keycode 180) Warning: No symbols defined for <K5B> (keycode 181) Warning: No symbols defined for <K5D> (keycode 182) Warning: No symbols defined for <K5E> (keycode 183) Warning: No symbols defined for <K5F> (keycode 184) Warning: No symbols defined for <I39> (keycode 185) Warning: No symbols defined for <I3A> (keycode 186) Warning: No symbols defined for <I3B> (keycode 187) Warning: No symbols defined for <I3C> (keycode 188) Warning: No symbols defined for <K62> (keycode 189) Warning: No symbols defined for <K63> (keycode 190) Warning: No symbols defined for <K64> (keycode 191) Warning: No symbols defined for <K65> (keycode 192) Warning: No symbols defined for <K66> (keycode 193) Warning: No symbols defined for <I42> (keycode 194) Warning: No symbols defined for <I43> (keycode 195) Warning: No symbols defined for <I44> (keycode 196) Warning: No symbols defined for <I45> (keycode 197) Warning: No symbols defined for <K67> (keycode 198) Warning: No symbols defined for <K68> (keycode 199) Warning: No symbols defined for <K69> (keycode 200) Warning: No symbols defined for <K6A> (keycode 201) Warning: No symbols defined for <I4A> (keycode 202) Warning: No symbols defined for <K6B> (keycode 203) Warning: No symbols defined for <K6C> (keycode 204) Warning: No symbols defined for <K6D> (keycode 205) Warning: No symbols defined for <K6E> (keycode 206) Warning: No symbols defined for <K6F> (keycode 207) Warning: No symbols defined for <HKTG> (keycode 208) Warning: No symbols defined for <KANA> (keycode 209) Warning: No symbols defined for <EISU> (keycode 210) Warning: No symbols defined for <AB11> (keycode 211) Warning: No symbols defined for <I54> (keycode 212) Warning: No symbols defined for <I55> (keycode 213) Warning: No symbols defined for <I5A> (keycode 218) Warning: No symbols defined for <K74> (keycode 219) Warning: No symbols defined for <K75> (keycode 220) Warning: No symbols defined for <K76> (keycode 221) Warning: No symbols defined for <I5E> (keycode 222) Warning: No symbols defined for <I5F> (keycode 223) Warning: No symbols defined for <I60> (keycode 224) Warning: No symbols defined for <I61> (keycode 225) Warning: No symbols defined for <I62> (keycode 226) Warning: No symbols defined for <I64> (keycode 228) Warning: No symbols defined for <I65> (keycode 229) Warning: No symbols defined for <I66> (keycode 230) Warning: No symbols defined for <I67> (keycode 231) Warning: No symbols defined for <I68> (keycode 232) Warning: No symbols defined for <I6B> (keycode 235) Warning: No symbols defined for <I6C> (keycode 236) Warning: No symbols defined for <I6D> (keycode 237) Warning: No symbols defined for <I6E> (keycode 238) Warning: No symbols defined for <I6F> (keycode 239) Warning: No symbols defined for <I70> (keycode 240) Warning: No symbols defined for <I71> (keycode 241) Warning: No symbols defined for <I72> (keycode 242) Warning: No symbols defined for <I73> (keycode 243) Warning: No symbols defined for <I74> (keycode 244) Warning: No symbols defined for <I75> (keycode 245) Warning: No symbols defined for <I76> (keycode 246) Warning: No symbols defined for <I77> (keycode 247) Warning: No symbols defined for <I78> (keycode 248) Warning: No symbols defined for <I79> (keycode 249) Warning: No symbols defined for <I7A> (keycode 250) Warning: No symbols defined for <I7B> (keycode 251) Warning: No symbols defined for <I7C> (keycode 252) Warning: No symbols defined for <I7D> (keycode 253) Warning: No symbols defined for <I7E> (keycode 254) Warning: No symbols defined for <I7F> (keycode 255)
It's possible I ran the command with capslock on somehow, causing the stuck-in-upper-case issue :)
Also notable: the caps lock indicator does not toggle anymore (which is good) after running the setxkbmap stuff.
James: cool. That'd be a dup of bug 368673, then. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 368673 ***