Description of problem: AFAIK it's workaround for some old kernel bug. Is it still needed? Wasn't the original bug already fixed? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kbd-2.0.4-5.fc28.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. loadkeys /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/xkb/us.map.gz && dumpkeys | grep 58 | head -1 2. 3. Actual results: keycode 58 = CtrlL_Lock Expected results: keycode 58 = Caps_Lock Additional info: On the other hand the legacy works: # loadkeys /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/legacy/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz && dumpkeys | grep 58 | head -1 keycode 58 = Caps_Lock
keymaps in /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/xkb/ are generated from xkb layouts by console-setup during the build of kbd, more specifically by /bin/ckbcomp. The substitution of Caps_Lock/CtrlL_Lock is done there and the reason behind it is http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7746#c21 (and you're right, it's closed). I'll take closer look at it.
Fine, I'm going to remove the substitution of Caps_Lock/CtrlL_Lock from console-setup. To summarize it - the kernel is still not fixed. Without CtrlL_Lock on keycode 58 you won't be able to capitalize accented letters by Caps Lock (for example with czech keymap - turning on Caps Lock and hitting key '2' won't produce 'Ě', but 'ě'). On the other hand, this is exactly how legacy keymap (/lib/kbd/keymaps/legacy/i386/qwertz/cz.map.gz) works and you can produce 'Ě' with dead key anyway. This change should also fix problems with Caps Lock LED. I'll rebuild both packages in Rawhide.
The keymap is fixed in latest kbd build in Rawhide (kbd-2.0.4-7.fc29).