linux-kernel - Re: Caps lock XOR on multiple keyboards?

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Message-ID: <20130324104153.GA4586@amd.pavel.ucw.cz>
Date:	Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:41:53 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	jkosina@...e.cz
Cc:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>, chris@...-brannons.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jslaby@...e.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org
Subject: Re: Caps lock XOR on multiple keyboards?

On Sun 2013-03-24 11:30:18, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> On Mon 2012-12-03 23:58:48, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On 3 Dec 2012 16:19:11 -0500
> > "George Spelvin" <linux@...izon.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > (Not sure who owns this; Cc: to the last few people to touch
> > > drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c.)
> > 
> > linux-input is probably the best place to discuss this
> 
> Added few more ccs. Yes, I see that too, in kernels such as debian
> 2.6.32. It may be even older than that, but I was not using docking
> heavily in the old days.
> 
> Symptoms for me are that pretty often capslock LED will start show
> opposite of true capslock state. I normally use X these days.

Ok... so it is:

Each capslock key only controls the local LED, but affects global
state.

So I turn on capslock on PS/2 keyboard its led is on. But I type on
USB keyboard, its capslock led is off, but I type in all caps. Oops.

								Pavel 
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