Re: Capslock mystery - Recent phenomena concerning keyboard
A slight variant of this also happens in command line mode too. Random
capslock activation does not happen. But once capslock is hit, all
letters are written in uppercase even after capslock is pressed again to
turn it off. Also, the only way to type lower case letters in this mode
is to hold the shift key down as each letter is typed. This is not unique
to debian either. I've made it happen in slackware too and quite a while
ago too, so I suspect it's a long-standing linux kernel bug. On Tue, 31
Jan 2012, steef wrote:
> Harry Putnam schreef:
> > 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.
> >
> >
>
> hi,
>
> know/knew the problem. please replace your keyboard woth a new one.
>
> reg.,
>
> steef
>
>
>
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