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Re: flakey ibook keyboard



On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 11:09:04AM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 May 2005 10:37, Lee Braiden wrote:
> > Sometimes it won't recognise the qualifier keys when I press
> > mode_switch+shift.  So, for example, it'll print g OK, and shift-g (G), and
> > mode_switch+g (??), but most of the time shift+mode_switch+g (which should
> > be ??) usually only prints G.
> 
> OK, I got this part fixed by using the apple key for mode_switch instead of 
> the enter key.  But does anyone know why ibooks sometimes repeat keys (as 
> described below)?  I'm guessing the driver misses release events sometimes, 
> or the hardware fails to send them?
> 
> > Anyone else have trouble with their ibook keyboard?  Mine suddenly takes
> > to repeating 22222222222s or some other key in X (but 2 is quite common),
> > and  I just discovered that, with the g key xmodmap'ed to:
> >
> > g G gcircumflex Gcircumflex
I have seen repeating keys for quite some time both on a pismo and
an ibook G4. I cannot tell if certain keys are more effected than others.

  Uwe

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