Ubuntu – How to remap a key to the Caps Lock key in Xubuntu

OK, my problem was because of xfce4-xkb-plugin. It was resetting xkb settings each time. I just installed xxkb instead of it, and now everything works absolutely fine!

{color ffff00}${exec xset q | grep "Caps Lock:   on" | awk '{print $4}'}${color}

works for me.

Please note that having too many exec in your Conky could increase demand on your system resources.

Also, how soon you see "on" depends on the frequency of updating. In other words, it will depend on the value you have set. I update every two seconds:

update_interval 2.0

You may also want to position where "on" appears but that will depend on the rest of your Conky code. For example, what values of gap_x and gap_y you set. I have my minimal Conky at the top of the screen and I use

gap_x 3
gap_y 4

along with

${goto 500}

prepended to the the actual code so that "on" appears near the top center of my screen.