Re: Capslock mystery - Recent phenomena concerning keyboard
Harry Putnam, 30.01.2012:
> Running Wheezy - kde plasma
>
> Running Debian / windows7 on a KVM switch (IOGEAR miniview 4 port DVI)
>
> Keyboard is from `Unicomp' and weighs about 10 lbs. Its not that old
> but is in the old style with serious stand up keys and lots of clatter
> when typing.
>
> I've been running thru this switch for several months and a different
> switch before that.
>
> I've been using the keyboard for a couple of years.
>
> All equipment has been in use a good while.
>
> I've recently started having a problem where the capslock comes on
> (seemingly randomly) but not the led that indicates its on.
>
> I'll be typing and suddenly I'm in caps and have to turn caps lock on
> (led comes on) to get back to lowercase.
>
> Even that doesn't really work, since numbers stay upper case to what
> ever symbols are the upper case for each (sometimes).
>
> I'm not sure if its related to debian though it did seem to start
> following a major update of pkgs. (No I didn't keep a list).
>
> The reason I say I'm not sure is that once it starts, even if I switch
> to windows 7 host through the KVM, its still stuck on caps.
>
> Googling on various strings, I see this problem coming up going way
> back but not particularly recently or on debian.
Probably a long shot (especially since your problem persists when you
flip the KVM switch), but I remember a long time ago that in the virtual
console of my laptop the "windows key" would turn on caps without
changing the led. I'm also pretty sure I mentioned this on a thread on
this list or debian-laptop. Try to find that thread. There were more
ideas there. :)
> After much fiddling, looking for stuck keys, unplugging/replugging
> KVM/keyboard it seems to go back to normal, but the last time I
> haven't been able to get back to normal so running with numlock and
> caps lock turned on to get lowercase, normal shift activity, and
> ability to type numbers.
>
> I've been running that way for 2 days this time around. And since it
> seems to have stabilized with capslock on and I quit trying
> to get it back to normal.
>
> This time the numbers are working normally too, with or without
> numlock, long as I keep capslock on.
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