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Caps Lock seems to reset to ON every time I resume my laptop (Ubuntu 24.10 fully updated with GNOME) from suspend, and it is ON separately for each application. For instance, when I wake the laptop:

  1. I try to log in with my password, but it fails, then I notice the "Caps lock is on" message, even though the Caps Lock indicator on my keyboard is off. I hit the Caps Lock key, the indicator turns on, but I'm able to type my password and log in.
  2. I hit the Super key and type the name of an application, but Caps Lock is on again. I hit the Caps Lock key, the indicator turns off, and resume typing the name of the application.
  3. I open a terminal and start typing CD ~/dOCU...; I hit Caps Lock again, the light turns on, and... you get the idea.

I don't see others mentioning this issue here or on https://gitlab.gnome.org, so I expect it might be a local problem, but I can't figure out what.

  1. Nothing is selected in GNOME Tweaks → Keyboard → Additional Layout Options.
  2. In the standard Keyboard settings, my input method is English (US), I selected Use the same source for all windows, and I haven't changed any settings for Special Character Entry.

Anything else I can check?

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goodmami
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It seems that you are experiencing this bug: Caps lock confused after suspend and resume

According to Daniel van Vugt's comment, this bug is also reported several times in GNOME's GitLab:

There is a workaround suggested by Janne Snabb (which requires Tweaks: sudo apt install gnome-tweaks) and confirmed by two other users that I'm quoting below (with some formatting added by me):

This workaround has saved my sanity:

  1. Go to GNOME Tweaks → Keyboard → Additional Layout Options → Compatibility options
  2. Enable Both shifts together enable Caps Lock; one Shift key disables it

Here is a screenshot of the relevant option:

Screenshot showing the option mentioned above

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