Caps lock indicator stops working on server install

[James Rice]

When installing ubuntu server 12.04.02 the caps lock indicator light stops working. The caps lock key functionality itself does work. This happens after username and password is entered, but before "software selection". /var/log/syslog (during install) doesn't show any indication there's an issue. This may seem trivial, but our organization creates a custom server build which include additional password entries which could be perform erroneously due to not knowing cap lock is on. That being said, the issue happens when installing the native 12.04.02 ubuntu with no customization.

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[James Rice (james-rice2)]

Note: This bug is not filed against a particular package, because it is not known which package causes the caps like indicator to stop working. It could very well be the installation OS or an installation based kernel module not functioning correctly. Given it is at install time, and there is nothing in the logs to indicate a problem, it would be quite difficult for an ubuntu user to isolate the issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[tweej (tweej)]

A little more about where this occurs:

Well into "Installing base system" somewhere around console-setup the indicator light stops working, and does not work for the rest of the installation. The caps lock functionality continues to work. Upon rebooting into the OS, the indicator light continues to not work, and the caps lock functionality still does.

setleds +caps turns the light on and setleds -caps turns it back off.