X.org on Mac OS X and caps-lock/control

[Stefan Monnier]

>> - if uControl is not in use, CapsLock does send an event, but only when it's
>> pressed, not when it's released.  If I use xmodmap to bind this key to the
>> `control' modifier, I get a sticky-control (aka control-lock) behavior.

> AFAIK this is a hardware limitation.  There are some patches for the
> Linux kernel that try and work around it, but I think they don't work
> under all circumstances.

This is a bog-standard USB keyboard.  I also occasionally use the built-in
keyboard of my 2003 PowerBook G4 12" where there might be a hardware
limitation, but for this USB keyboard it's clearly not the case.


        Stefan