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Second letter is also uppercase after using caps lock? (Example: HEllo)

Asked by Shaun Moroz

Hello~

I am a new Ubuntu user, and so far I am loving it. Simply the best OS I have ever used, and it is super fast on my laptop, not to mention it's also good looking. However, ever since I have installed it (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS), I have encountered an interesting yet annoying problem. When I type the first letter in caps lock to make it an uppercase letter, the second letter is also uppercase, although I didn't use caps lock on the second letter, and no, I did not forget to turn caps lock off. It happens all the type.

Examples: HEllo , HOw are you , PLease, UBuntu

PLease help me fix this annoying problem, and thank you so much for your time!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Does the system have a make and model?
If you are using a USB keyboard, does it have a make and model?

Thanks

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Shaun Moroz (morozshaun) said : 		#2

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on an ASUS N750JK laptop.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Do you have the latest BIOS?

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Shaun Moroz (morozshaun) said : 		#4

Not sure. How do I check that and how do I update it?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

sudo dmidecode -t 1

Will tell you the BIOS version. You may need Windows to upgrade it.

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Shaun Moroz (morozshaun) said : 		#6

# dmidecode 3.0
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
 Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
 Product Name: N750JK
 Version: 1.0
 Serial Number: E5N0CY13635619B
 UUID: 3BA24D88-E4B9-E553-E36B-10C37B209E73
 Wake-up Type: Power Switch
 SKU Number: ASUS-NotebookSKU
 Family: N

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#7

Shaun
Does it do the same thing if you use Shift key rather than Caps Lock?

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Phrates (phrates) said : 		#8

Some magician (nabukadnezar43) posted the solution here: https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1462333.html

This has completely solved my problem with using capslock (uppercase second letter).

Quoting from there:

"xkbcomp -xkb $DISPLAY /home/username/myxkbmap

Now you'll have a file named myxkbmap in your home directory. Open that file with your text editor and edit the key <caps> entry like this:

key <CAPS> { repeat=no, type[group1]="ALPHABETIC", symbols[group1]=[ Caps_Lock, Caps_Lock ], actions[group1]=[ LockMods(modifiers=Lock), Private(type=3,data[0]=1,data[1]=3,data[2]=3) ] };

Save it. And then reload it:

xkbcomp /home/username/myxkbmap $DISPLAY

You can write an executable startup script so that you won't have to do this everytime X starts.

Like:

#!/bin/sh

xkbcomp /home/username/myxkbmap $DISPLAY

Save this with any name you want. Make it executable. And make it one of your startup programs."

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