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mrklean (mrklean) wrote : Re: [Bug 173350] Re: Caps lock LED changes state even when caps lock is mapped to ctrl

Hmmmmmmm..a bug not worth fixing ?? Doesn't that sound like Microsoft
??? I thot we were different ; ((

Tom Jaeger wrote:
> I think I was wrong about libxklavier. I don't actually know where the
> changes to the keyboard settings are applied, it's probably some gconf
> backend, who knows? That's not the point, the point is that if I can
> work around the issue by typing xmodmap -e "remove Lock = Caps_Lock"
> before reassigning Caps Lock, then it must be trivial to fix - if you
> know the codepaths involved. It boggles the mind that the problem is
> still around 4 months after the initial report.
>