Keyboard LEDs always on

[freebsd at bitfreak.org]

Emil Mikulic wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 10:37:13PM +0200, Wolfram Fenske wrote:
>> Markus Trippelsdorf <markus at trippelsdorf.de> writes:
>>
>>> After upgrading from -stable to -current, the three LEDs on my
>>> USB keyboard are switched on at boot time and cannot be controlled
>>> by the caps-, num- or scroll-lock keys anymore.
>>> Is this a known problem?  I would be grateful for any hints.
>> I can't really help you solve this, but I can confirm it.  I had the
>> same problem with my USB keyboard.  It didn't happen with an older
>> -current from around around april.
> 
> I'm seeing it too, but only in X11.  If I switch to a textmode console,
> NumLock and CapsLock behave as I expect them to.  ScrollLock does weird
> wacky things to the LEDs though...
> 
> This is on a Dell GX280 with a USB keyboard.

I recall having this problem years ago with a keyboard.  The trick, IIRC 
though well-fogged memory, involved editting a keymap and changing the 
codes used to toggle the LEDs.  This may not be applicable to USB 
keyboards, however.