[ltp] Re: E520 and CapsLock, NumLock indicators

James Knott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:30:19 -0400


Rolf Kutz wrote:
> On 23/10/11 09:57 -0400, James Knott wrote:
>> On my E520, there are no LEDs to indicate CapsLock or NumLock state.  
>> In Windows, an indicator appears on the display.  Is there anything 
>> similar for Linux?
>>
>> I'm running openSUSE 12.1 RC1.
>
> plasma-widget-kbstate is what you're looking for:
>
> Description: A plasma widget that shows the state of the modifier keys
>  An accessibility plasma widget for KDE4 that shows the user the state of
>  modifier keys and enables state changes via the mouse to enhance the 
> usability
>  of KDE4 keyboard accesibility tools.
>

Tnx.  I'll have to see if it's availble for openSUSE 12.1 64 bit.