Re: Capslock / Numlock indicator not work in KDE (& sddm)

[Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com>]

On 11/25/19 7:10 AM, Franklin Weng wrote:
> luca.pedrielli <agoiza@gmail.com> 於 2019年11月25日 週一 22:44 寫道：
>
> > Il 24/11/19 02:26, Franklin Weng ha scritto:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I'm using Debian testing and run KDE Plasma 5 (Framework 5.62.0, Qt
> > 5.12.5, xcb window system, Application 19.08.1, kde-plasma-desktop version
> > 5:104).  Originally the indicator worked: in sddm login screen it would
> > show warning when Capslock is ON; after logging into Plasma session a small
> > icon would show beside the system tray when Capslock is ON.  However from
> > some day it didn't work anymore.
> >
> > The current status of my system is:
> >
> >     - In sddm login screen, the Capslock ON warning *always* shows.
> >     - In Plasma the keyboard indicator plasmoids
> >     (org.kde.plasma.keyboardindicator) shows nothing no matter what the
> >     capslock/numlock status is.
> >     - Using xset -q I can get *correct* Capslock/Numlock status.  Using
> >     xev I can see events of Capslock key being pressed and released.
> >
> > It looks like no problem in X window level, but the status does not pass
> > to sddm/plasma correctly.
> >
> > Any idea or suggestion for finding or fixing the problem?
> >
> >
> > Regards, Franklin
> >
> > No suggestion, but I can confirm this behaviour.
> >
> > Numlock problems had already been reported
> >
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2019/09/msg00033.html
> >
> > --
> > Saluti, Luca Pedrielli
> Not sure, but it looks like not the same problem.  My problem is about the
> indicator not the status itself.  The NumLock/Capslock status is correct
> according to the xset -q.

I'm without systemd here, using sysvinit, so I was hesitant to speak up.

The settings for numlock have changed in testing kde5.
I think the systemsettings, input device module is suppose to be 
handling numlock on/off at sddm start.

Go to "/etc/sddm.conf" and look for "Numlock=none" for me that was the 
default I found and I changed it to on.

The options are none, off and on.

I also go to systemsettings/input device just to make sure the settings 
say to leave numlock along. Now it comes on at boot and stays on without 
installing any extra numlock software.

I hope that helps.
--
Jimmy Johnson

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