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.
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.