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Hi

I have installed Mga 8 on 2 ThinkPad: T520 and T530 . On both I have the issue using KDE Plasma :
In Systen Tray - Keyboard Indicator is set to show when CapsLock is pressed , but it does not show .

I was only aware of it missing because it worked fine on Mga 7 .
The T520 has a small LED lighting when CapsLock is pressed, but T530 has no physical indication of CapsLock

I have tried in MCC to look at what sevices is running but have no clue of what to look for.

Regards.

Does the keyboard indicator applet itself not show at all, or only capslock does not show if pressed in the applet ? What about e.g. numlock ?

keyboard indicator applet (icon) shows in the system tray as it should
At the right of the system tray you click an arrow for "show hidden icons". clicking a "sub-window" pops up. At the right of the title bar ( "Status and Notifications" ) there is an icon for configuration. Clicking gives a lot of options.
In the applet I have added NumLock as suggested , but unfortunately I do not have a NumLock key on neither T520 nor T530
The icon for the applet is a keyboard. And it does not change when the Numlock key is pressed.

In Mga 7 you right-click the "show hidden icons" for configurating the system tray and the options and possibilities is more simple than in Mga 8
The icon for the applet is also a keyboard but when you press the NumLock key the icon changes til a key (a rectangle) with "A" inside and a small arrow beneath the rectangle (I think)
And usually when the icon is a keyboard it is a hidden icon, but when it changes to a key with "A" it appears in the system tray

My laptops has Danish keyboard layout and all keys works as they should also the CapsLock when I write in an editor or eg. a file name in Dolphin.

I think I had a similar issue. You might be missing some packages. Can you check if you have any suggested packages which are not installed yet via

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for pkg in $(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{RECOMMENDNAME} \n' | sort -u | grep -v '(none)'); do rpm -q ${pkg} &>/dev/null || echo ${pkg}; done

Hi, Thanks for reply.

I copied your code into Konsole as root and got :

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[root@localhost ~]# for pkg in $(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{RECOMMENDNAME} \n' | sort -u | grep -v '(none)'); do rpm -q ${pkg} &>/dev/null || echo ${pkg}; done
a52dec
akregator-handbook
allegro4
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
anacron
ark-handbook
aspell-dictionary
audacious-pulse
bolt
dragon
firefox-l10n
font(cantarell)
gcalctool
geoclue2
geoip
gimp-help
gnome-directory-thumbnailer
google-noto-emoji-fonts
gsound
gstreamer1.0-faac
gstreamer1.0-farstream
gstreamer1.0-fluidsynth
gtk3(x86-64)
gvfs-archive
gvfs-goa
gwenview-handbook
hawkey-man
html2text
hugin
hunspell-dictionary
iscan
kaddressbook-handbook
kamera-handbook
kate-handbook
kcalc-handbook
kcharselect-handbook
kcm_cddb-handbook
kcron-handbook
kdeconnect-kde-handbook
kguiaddons
kldap-handbook
kleopatra-handbook
kmailtransport-handbook
knotes-handbook
kolourpaint-handbook
konsole-doc
krfb-handbook
ksudoku-handbook
ktexteditor-plugins
ktimer-handbook
kwalletmanager-handbook
lib64canberra-gtk0
lib64gvfs0
lib64lame0
libalsa-plugins-pulseaudio
libdnf-lang
libgxps-tools
libinput-tools
libksieve-handbook
mariadb-extra(x86-64)
mdv-rpm-summary
netprofile-plugin-firewall
notification-daemon-engine-nodoka
npapi-vlc
okular-handbook
openssh-askpass
openswan
packagekit-gtk-module
pinentry-gnome3
pipewire(x86-64)
plasma-browser-integration
plasma-disks
polkit-desktop-policy
python3dist(pysmbc)
quota-rpc
rdesktop
rpm-plugin-ima
samba-winbind-clients
sasl2-plugin-kdexoauth2
sectool
smb-client
speech-dispatcher
tpm2-tss
transcode
uniconvertor
vlc-plugin-samba
[root@localhost ~]#


The T530 install is new so I am willing to do some experiment, because if anything goes wrong I will just re-install a new Mga8.

Regards.

Install all those packages, then try again. I think libinput-tools is what makes the keyboard indicator work, but why not install all as they should be installed ...

So in one command:

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urpmi $(for pkg in $(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{RECOMMENDNAME} \n' | sort -u | grep -v '(none)'); do rpm -q ${pkg} &>/dev/null || echo ${pkg}; done)

First I tried only to install libinput-tools

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root@localhost test]# urpmi libinput-tools
    $MIRRORLIST: media/core/release/libinput-tools-1.16.4-1.mga8.x86_64.rpm
installing libinput-tools-1.16.4-1.mga8.x86_64.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms                                 
Preparing...                     #############################################################################
      1/1: libinput-tools        #############################################################################
[root@localhost test]#


This did not solve the issue. So :

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[root@localhost test]# urpmi $(for pkg in $(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{RECOMMENDNAME} \n' | sort -u | grep -v '(none)'); do rpm -q ${pkg} &>/dev/null || echo ${pkg}; done)
No package named gstreamer1.0-faac
No package named gtk3(x86-64)
No package named kmailtransport-handbook
No package named lib64gvfs0
No package named lib64lame0
No package named mdv-rpm-summary
No package named npapi-vlc
No package named packagekit-gtk-module
No package named polkit-desktop-policy
No package named sectool
No package named uniconvertor
[root@localhost test]#


It seems it diid not install anything and I do not know how to fix it.
So the issue is not solved.

I have just bought a new Thinkpad E14G2 and in order to check whether Mga 8 would have any hardware issues I ran a Mga8 Live on this laptop and now CapsLock shows up perfect.
I then installed the normal Mga 8 and then it is as before , not showing anything.

So a work around seems to be to install Mga8 Live.

I will shortly be off for some family gathering and will be back at my computers monday afternoon.
It is only my T530 which do not have LED-indicator for CapsLock that is a problem, so I will monday try to install Mga8 Live on the HD replacing the normal Mga 8 on T530.

Doktor5000 thanks for your help

Regards.