Caps/Num lock LED indicators not working in gnome
I have a qPad MK-85 mechanical keyboard, and I can't seem to get the LED status indicators for the lock keys to work.
The CAPS and NUM lock function still works, but I don't have any indication whether they'r'e on or not.
It only seems to be under gnome I have this problem, because they're working just fine in grub, windows, and tty2-6.
I have done a search and it seems a lot of other people with mechanical keyboards have the same problem, but no solutions.
So.. anyone here have any solutions?
Edit: tested in xfce, not working there either
Last edited by vstuen (2013-01-04 18:49:16)
No reply means no one can help I suppose.
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