Bug#514212: console-setup: on UTF-8 console, caps lock is turned into a shift lock
On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:34:09AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
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> If the reason has been lost in history (the code dates back from at
> least 2005) then we should probably apply the patch to fix the common
> case, and let the real bug reappear and get fixed the proper way.
The reason is known - Caps_Lock works only for English letters. I think
there was some patch that fixed the problem but I don't know if it is
applied in the Debian kernel. I'll have to remember and check this.
Anton Zinoviev
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