How to make a logitech ergo k860 keyboard beep when caps lock is pressed?

JZL240I-U · 09-08-2023, 11:13 AM

Title say it all. It happens at least once a day that i inadvertently press caps lock and notice it after half a line typed or so. So I want a warning. Thanks for any suggestions

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Emerson · 09-08-2023, 05:37 PM

I simply disabled it. I was thinking about giving some other function to it but couldn't come up with anything worthy, so right now it is reserved until I need it for something. I did not assign Caps Lock to any other button as I never need it locked.

JZL240I-U · 09-09-2023, 07:50 AM

Okay, and how did you achieve that?

DavidMcCann · 09-09-2023, 08:30 AM

The file /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev contains the line

Code:

<CAPS>=66;

Remove that or comment out by altering it to

Code:

// <CAPS>=66;

and next time you log in the caps-lock key is dead.

I remember, years ago, writing a machine-code caps-lock monitor for the Sinclair QL which gave a high beep on shifting to UC and a low beep for shifting back — the high point of my programming skills!

Emerson · 09-09-2023, 08:33 AM

Old-fashioned way. I do not run any DE, just plain OpenBox. Keyboard configuration is read from ~/.Xmodmap when I log in. The last one, 66, is the Caps Lock in my keyboard.

Code:

...
keycode  40 = d D degree
keycode  58 = m M Greek_mu
keycode  66 =

JZL240I-U · 09-10-2023, 05:19 AM

Ah, thanks to both of you, learned some things here. But how do I make the Caps-Lock key beep when pressed?

DavidMcCann · 09-10-2023, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by JZL240I-U

But how do I make the Caps-Lock key beep when pressed?

A good question, but above our pay grade! You'd need to rewrite the source code for your desktop — how's you C programming skill?

JZL240I-U · 09-11-2023, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidMcCann

A good question, but above our pay grade! You'd need to rewrite the source code for your desktop — how's you C programming skill?

Okay, okay, I get it. Though I did program C for a living -- more than 30 years ago. Nowadays I will refrain from touching KDE / Plasma. Pity that life is so complicated

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Emerson · 09-11-2023, 09:10 AM

A brief search found several keyclick programs for Linux, one even allows different sounds for different buttons.

DavidMcCann · 09-11-2023, 10:18 AM

This guide might be the thing needed: caps-lock sound

JZL240I-U · 09-12-2023, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emerson

A brief search found several keyclick programs for Linux, one even allows different sounds for different buttons.

I did a search -- obviously with the wrong search parameters. I'll retry.

@DavidMcCann Thanks for the links. My tumbleweed screams all kinds of conflicts (about 55!) when I try to install busybox-misc (which contains beep). I'm currently not sure how to navigate that one, but thanks again. At least it is possible.