Hi!
> > > > > This permits to reassign keyboard LEDs to something else than
> > > > > keyboard "leds"
> > > > > state, by adding keyboard led and modifier triggers connected to a
> > > > > series
> > > > > of VT input LEDs, themselves connected to VT input triggers, which
> > > > > per-input device LEDs use by default. Userland can thus easily
> > > > > change the LED
> > > > > behavior of (a priori) all input devices, or of particular input
> > > > > devices.
> > > >
> > > > Nice! Leds now have proper /sys interface.
> > > >
> > > > But... I boot up, switch from X to console, press capslock, and no
> > > > reaction anywhere.
> > >
> > > Is it working without the patch? Console-setup for instance is known to
> > > have broken the capslock LED, which is precisely one of the reasons for
> > > this patch, which will provide console-setup with a way to bring back
> > > caps lock working properly.
> >
> > You are right, it was broken before.
>
> Ok. You then may want fix your setup by configuring your caps lock led
> the way console-setup will be supposed to do in the future:
>
> echo ctrlllock > /sys/class/leds/vt::capsl/trigger
And this indeed makes capslock led work on console, again. Nice!
Richard, could we get this applied for 3.12 or something? It makes
keyboard LEDs sane...
Thanks,
Pavel
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