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krezreb (josephbeeson) wrote : Re: [Bug 312998] Re: caps lock LED does not turn on/off

Not (quite) a duplicate I'd say. Although I'd wager that both of
these problems are symptoms of the same bug -- is that what makes them
duplicates?

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Bryce Harrington
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> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 248371 ***
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248371
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 248371
>   [CAPSLOCK] "Shift cancels CapsLock" -> shift doesn't toggle LED state
>
> --
> caps lock LED does not turn on/off
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312998
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>
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Release: Ubuntu 8.10
>
> Keyboard layout: France
> Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layouts > Other Options > CapsLock key behavior >
> Check "CapsLock Toggles Shift so all keys are affected"
>
> Expected result: when activated, LED on caps lock key will light up.
> Actual result:  LED does not light up so there is no feedback to indicate whether caps lock is activated or not.  When activated, caps lock key does make all characters capitals.
>
> This happens regardless of whether the system language is English or French
>