Re: flakey ibook keyboard
On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 02:07:44PM +0200, Uwe Steinmann wrote:
> 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.
I see it every few days on a Powerbook/Titanium IV (on 2.6.10/sid) ... really
annoying ...
Regards
Wolfgang
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