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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 -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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