Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-23 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 07/14/11 00:09, Nicolas Bercher wrote: On 14/07/2011 00:20, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Probably not relevant, but: Some time ago, on the console, I noticed that the "windows key" would turn the caps lock on and off (I think without turning on the led). Though I just tested this and didn't reprod

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-14 Thread lee
Nicolas Bercher writes: > On 14/07/2011 02:44, lee wrote: >> Do you have a Hungarian keyboard? >> > > No, of course I tried this keeping the french layout. You didn't say so. > But two options were really confusing to me and my muscle memory: > - "ctrl:swapcaps" : swaps left ctrl with caps Yo

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-14 Thread Csanyi Pal
Nicolas Bercher writes: > On 14/07/2011 02:44, lee wrote: >> Do you have a Hungarian keyboard? >> > > No, of course I tried this keeping the french layout. > But two options were really confusing to me and my muscle memory: > - "ctrl:swapcaps" : swaps left ctrl with caps > - "nodeadkeys" : wasn

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-14 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 14/07/2011 00:20, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Probably not relevant, but: Some time ago, on the console, I noticed that the "windows key" would turn the caps lock on and off (I think without turning on the led). Though I just tested this and didn't reproduce it. You are right, and here (tty1) I h

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-14 Thread Nicolas Bercher
I remember that the first time I had this issue really regularly, it was when I had a new keyboard from Dell at work (and maybe a new machine with it!) a SK8115 if I remember well. The fact is that I'm quite sure I didn't have such issues with old noname keyboards at home or older brand keyboar

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 14/07/2011 02:44, lee wrote: Do you have a Hungarian keyboard? No, of course I tried this keeping the french layout. But two options were really confusing to me and my muscle memory: - "ctrl:swapcaps" : swaps left ctrl with caps - "nodeadkeys" : wasn't able to do ^-e to get ê Nicolas -

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread Csanyi Pal
lee writes: > Nicolas Bercher writes: > >> On 12/07/2011 17:23, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>> XKBMODEL="pc105" >>> XKBLAYOUT="hu" >>> XKBVARIANT="nodeadkeys" >>> XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps" >>> BACKSPACE="guess" >> I tried that and it was really ugly !!! > > Do you have a Hungarian keyboard? Yes, I have

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 07/13/11 01:52, Nicolas Bercher wrote: On 12/07/2011 23:01, lee wrote: What exactly means "reversed"? Sometimes the num/caps lock led is on, but the actual underneath function if off, and vice versa. I have had this happen to me, as well. Even more odd... We have three people logged in t

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread lee
Nicolas Bercher writes: > On 12/07/2011 17:23, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> XKBMODEL="pc105" >> XKBLAYOUT="hu" >> XKBVARIANT="nodeadkeys" >> XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps" >> BACKSPACE="guess" > I tried that and it was really ugly !!! Do you have a Hungarian keyboard? -- html messages are obsolete --

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Camale?n, 13.07.2011: > On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:07:45 +0200, Nicolas Bercher wrote: > > > It's been a while (years!) that I sometimes find my keyboard's > > capslock/numlock keys behaving reversed at times. This is often the > > case after: wackup-from-/any/, using qemu or as the result of > > uni

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 12/07/2011 17:23, Csanyi Pal wrote: XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="hu" XKBVARIANT="nodeadkeys" XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps" BACKSPACE="guess" I tried that and it was really ugly !!! Nicolas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:07:45 +0200, Nicolas Bercher wrote: > It's been a while (years!) that I sometimes find my keyboard's > capslock/numlock keys behaving reversed at times. This is often the > case after: wackup-from-/any/, using qemu or as the result of > unidentified operations. > > Does an

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread lee
Nicolas Bercher writes: > On 12/07/2011 23:01, lee wrote: >> What exactly means "reversed"? > Sometimes the num/caps lock led is on, but the actual underneath > function if off, and vice versa. Hm, that's probably hard to fix. When I switch from X11 to a console, the LED stays on and goes off w

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 12/07/2011 23:01, lee wrote: What exactly means "reversed"? Sometimes the num/caps lock led is on, but the actual underneath function if off, and vice versa. Nicolas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-13 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 12/07/2011 23:01, lee wrote: What exactly means "reversed"? Sometimes the num/caps lock led is on, but the actual underneath function if off, and vice versa. Nicolas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-12 Thread lee
Nicolas Bercher writes: > It's been a while (years!) that I sometimes find my keyboard's > capslock/numlock keys behaving reversed at times. This is often the > case after: wackup-from-/any/, using qemu or as the result of > unidentified operations. > > Does anyone here know how to get rid of th

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-12 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 12/07/2011 17:23, Csanyi Pal wrote: I did the following: Edited: $ sudo mcedit /etc/default/keyboard XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="hu" XKBVARIANT="nodeadkeys" XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps" BACKSPACE="guess" according to man keyboard XKBOPTIONS may have values described here: $ mlocate xorg.l

Re: capslock/numlock keys behavior sometimes reversed

2011-07-12 Thread Csanyi Pal
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:07:45 +0200 keltezéssel Nicolas Bercher azt írta: > Hi , > > It's been a while (years!) that I sometimes find my keyboard's > capslock/numlock keys behaving reversed at times. This is often the > case after: wackup-from-/any/, using qemu or as the result of > unidentified ope