You have been subscribed to a public bug: To reproduce: 1. Turn on capslock 2. Click System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layout Options 3. Under "Ctrl Key Position" choose "Make Capslock an additional Ctrl." 4. Click OK
This gets the desired behavior (Capslock now acts like control) but has a side effect -- now you're stuck with capslock on. It should be turned off automatically when using this option. ** Affects: control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Setting capslock to control in gnome keyboard preferences leaves capslock stuck on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105538 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs