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[Explore Stack Internal](https://stackoverflow.co/internal/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=askubuntu-community&utm_campaign=side-bar&utm_content=explore-teams-compact-popover) # [Caps lock on and off reversed Ubuntu 14.10](https://askubuntu.com/questions/590610/caps-lock-on-and-off-reversed-ubuntu-14-10) [Ask Question](https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) Asked 11 years ago Modified [3 months ago](https://askubuntu.com/questions/590610/caps-lock-on-and-off-reversed-ubuntu-14-10?lastactivity "2025-12-16 13:38:02Z") Viewed 13k times 7 I am using Ubuntu 14.10 on a laptop, and after I close the lid (meaning, logging out), when I open the lead again the Caps Lock mode is reversed: when it's supposed to be on it's off and when it's supposed to be off it's on. What do I do about it? It only happens after I open the lid of the laptop, but I'm pretty sure it has to do with the settings. - [keyboard](https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard "show questions tagged 'keyboard'") - [14\.10](https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.10 "show questions tagged '14.10'") - [capslock](https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/capslock "show questions tagged 'capslock'") [Share](https://askubuntu.com/q/590610 "Short permalink to this question") [Improve this question](https://askubuntu.com/posts/590610/edit) Follow asked Feb 27, 2015 at 11:26 [](https://askubuntu.com/users/287783/hagaymosko) [Hagaymosko](https://askubuntu.com/users/287783/hagaymosko) 14122 gold badges33 silver badges77 bronze badges 1 - 1 I'm having the same problem but after waking from sleep on a PC. Did you ever find the solution? Twifty – [Twifty](https://askubuntu.com/users/311815/twifty "245 reputation") 2016-02-08 18:22:46 +00:00 Commented Feb 8, 2016 at 18:22 [Add a comment](https://askubuntu.com/questions/590610/caps-lock-on-and-off-reversed-ubuntu-14-10 "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid answering questions in comments.") \| ## 3 Answers 3 Sorted by: [Reset to default](https://askubuntu.com/questions/590610/caps-lock-on-and-off-reversed-ubuntu-14-10?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top) 3 The Bug is closed but I see this issue still happening even on the latest distro. It's fixable without a reboot. You can toggle the keyboard leds directly from within */sys/class/leds/* by setting a value of 1 or 0 to enable disable a led for a specific device. or simply: Turn **on** caps lock light for all connected keyboards ``` echo 1 | sudo tee -a /sys/class/leds/*capslock/brightness ``` Turn **off** caps lock for all connected keyboards ``` echo 0 | sudo tee -a /sys/class/leds/*capslock/brightness ``` [Share](https://askubuntu.com/a/1261147 "Short permalink to this answer") [Improve this answer](https://askubuntu.com/posts/1261147/edit) Follow [edited Dec 16, 2025 at 13:38](https://askubuntu.com/posts/1261147/revisions "show all edits to this post") answered Jul 22, 2020 at 14:11 [](https://askubuntu.com/users/36261/tomodachi) [tomodachi](https://askubuntu.com/users/36261/tomodachi) 15\.5k44 gold badges3535 silver badges5454 bronze badges 1 - 5 This turns the light off, but the status is still reversed - if I then press the caps lock key once the light stays off but caps lock goes on, and then a second time the caps lock is off again and the light comes back on. Tobias Cohen – [Tobias Cohen](https://askubuntu.com/users/203484/tobias-cohen "145 reputation") 2024-06-17 00:37:29 +00:00 Commented Jun 17, 2024 at 0:37 [Add a comment](https://askubuntu.com/questions/590610/caps-lock-on-and-off-reversed-ubuntu-14-10 "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.") \| 2 On the icon that says "En", which has the language and Character map, Select "Text Entry Settings" and see what options are set up for your computer to solve this issue. Mine had "Switch to Next source using" and "Switch to previous source using"; this for the input setting... I pressed `Shift`\+`fn`\+`Space` That fixed it for me. [Share](https://askubuntu.com/a/774301 "Short permalink to this answer") [Improve this answer](https://askubuntu.com/posts/774301/edit) Follow [edited May 25, 2016 at 19:35](https://askubuntu.com/posts/774301/revisions "show all edits to this post") [](https://askubuntu.com/users/518562/youreagitfornotusinggit) [You'reAGitForNotUsingGit](https://askubuntu.com/users/518562/youreagitfornotusinggit) 15k1010 gold badges5252 silver badges8686 bronze badges answered May 18, 2016 at 17:14 [](https://askubuntu.com/users/545718/wallace-kingston) [Wallace Kingston](https://askubuntu.com/users/545718/wallace-kingston) 2122 bronze badges 2 - 1 Did not encounter this bug in 18.04, 20.04 but in 22.04 it is back again\! Sergey Galin – [Sergey Galin](https://askubuntu.com/users/391074/sergey-galin "101 reputation") 2024-01-29 14:41:13 +00:00 Commented Jan 29, 2024 at 14:41 - 1 @SergeyGalin IN 24 TOO the.real.gruycho – [the.real.gruycho](https://askubuntu.com/users/1463950/the-real-gruycho "101 reputation") 2024-06-22 08:31:46 +00:00 Commented Jun 22, 2024 at 8:31 [Add a comment](https://askubuntu.com/questions/590610/caps-lock-on-and-off-reversed-ubuntu-14-10 "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.") \| 1 Though I found this bug on Fedora, the symptoms were the same as described here. As a workaround I rebooted my laptop and this resolved the issue. Also there is a relevant [Ubuntu bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/267999). 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7 I am using Ubuntu 14.10 on a laptop, and after I close the lid (meaning, logging out), when I open the lead again the Caps Lock mode is reversed: when it's supposed to be on it's off and when it's supposed to be off it's on. What do I do about it? It only happens after I open the lid of the laptop, but I'm pretty sure it has to do with the settings. asked Feb 27, 2015 at 11:26 [](https://askubuntu.com/users/287783/hagaymosko) 1 3 The Bug is closed but I see this issue still happening even on the latest distro. It's fixable without a reboot. You can toggle the keyboard leds directly from within */sys/class/leds/* by setting a value of 1 or 0 to enable disable a led for a specific device. or simply: Turn **on** caps lock light for all connected keyboards ``` echo 1 | sudo tee -a /sys/class/leds/*capslock/brightness ``` Turn **off** caps lock for all connected keyboards ``` echo 0 | sudo tee -a /sys/class/leds/*capslock/brightness ``` answered Jul 22, 2020 at 14:11 [](https://askubuntu.com/users/36261/tomodachi) 1 2 On the icon that says "En", which has the language and Character map, Select "Text Entry Settings" and see what options are set up for your computer to solve this issue. Mine had "Switch to Next source using" and "Switch to previous source using"; this for the input setting... I pressed `Shift`\+`fn`\+`Space` That fixed it for me. [](https://askubuntu.com/users/518562/youreagitfornotusinggit) answered May 18, 2016 at 17:14 [](https://askubuntu.com/users/545718/wallace-kingston) 2 1 Though I found this bug on Fedora, the symptoms were the same as described here. As a workaround I rebooted my laptop and this resolved the issue. Also there is a relevant [Ubuntu bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/267999). answered Mar 2, 2017 at 10:50 [](https://askubuntu.com/users/103599/ks1322) ## You must [log in](https://askubuntu.com/users/login?ssrc=question_page&returnurl=https%3A%2F%2Faskubuntu.com%2Fquestions%2F590610) to answer this question. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. [Ask question](https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags.