[Bug 1669156] [NEW] Fails writing with Caps Lock

[johnmne]

Public bug reported:

On Ubuntu 16.04:

When clicking on the following 3 keyboard keys simultaneously: 
Left-CTRL + Left-ALT + F1
Then you get to a textual terminal (CLI) where you can type commands.
But there is a problem when typing English letters with Caps Lock turned on:
Instead of English capital letters - you see squares, 
so actually you can't login to your user that way
if the username/password has Capital letters.

The only method which allows you to write capital English letters
is to simultaneously click Left-Shift + 'a letter'. 
That is the only method that works well.

Note that the Caps Lock key works well with the graphical terminal (pseudo / pts)
that appears on Ubuntu when hitting simultaneously:
Left-CTRL + Left-ALT + T

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I assumed the bug report is relevant to "shadow" package because that
the "/bin/login" binary comes from that package.
Package version of 'shadow' is: 1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5

** Affects: shadow (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Fails writing with Caps Lock

Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu 16.04:

  When clicking on the following 3 keyboard keys simultaneously: 
  Left-CTRL + Left-ALT + F1
  Then you get to a textual terminal (CLI) where you can type commands.
  But there is a problem when typing English letters with Caps Lock turned on:
  Instead of English capital letters - you see squares, 
  so actually you can't login to your user that way
  if the username/password has Capital letters.

  The only method which allows you to write capital English letters
  is to simultaneously click Left-Shift + 'a letter'. 
  That is the only method that works well.

  Note that the Caps Lock key works well with the graphical terminal (pseudo / pts)
  that appears on Ubuntu when hitting simultaneously:
  Left-CTRL + Left-ALT + T

  ---

  I assumed the bug report is relevant to "shadow" package because that
  the "/bin/login" binary comes from that package.
  Package version of 'shadow' is: 1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5

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