Caps lock Indicator

So my wireless keyboard (mk300 - has mouse too) does not have indicators for: caps lock, num lock, and scroll lock. Actually it doesn't even have a scroll lock key. But that is not important right now.

Anyway as there is no software for ubuntu from logitech like for windows which tells you when one of them is turned on and off.

So I found a replacement:

Indicator-Keylock

A webpage which talks about it:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/indicator-keylock-ubuntu/

sadly the person is using apt-get. (You should never use apt-get) Instead, you should always use "aptitude". There are a number of reasons like clean removals but that isn't too important.


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsbarnes/indicator-keylock
aptitude search indicator-keylock
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install indicator-keylock
sudo aptitude install indicator-keylock-ubuntu-mono

seemed like I had to then run "indicator-keylock"

Then after restarted it started up on its own. So all seems good.

The indicator has caps-lock up all the time. And otherwise by clicking on it, you can see the rest. Turning one on or off displays an indicator on the screen.

As a replacement as keyboard lights, I like it.