Caps lock problem [duplicate]
Solution 1:
This is quite easy to fix. I have successfully used this technique on two people with a 100% success rate:
- Put the blade of a knife or tip of a flathead screwdriver underneath the capslock key.
- Twist.
The key should come flying off and you can dispose of it the best way you see fit. The recovery from such an operation is surprisingly short. Your little finger (what should be controlling that stuff) should quickly learn to find the shift key.
In all seriousness this is a long-standing but extremely rare bug. By long-standing I mean there are reports of it occasionally popping up all the way back to 2003.
Ultimately this is something you either have to get onto (hunt down an X developer, give them your laptop for a few weeks and probably pay them for their time), or put up with.
I would opt for learning to type properly. It's much quicker with the Shift key.
Solution 2:
Try with a different keyboard on that computer and also try the faulty keyboard on another computer, with a Linux OS.
- If the new keyboard works, probably your keyboard lacks compatibility with Linux.
- If the new keyboard has the same problem, or something similar, I would start thinking the problem is your computer.
- If the old one doesn't work on another PC, it is the faulty keyboard that is the problem. Replace it.
Source: comment by David M. Sousa