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hi all, |
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apologies for the all-lowercase and other features of this email - but |
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therein lies my problem -exclamation mark- |
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from time to time x will just pretend that the caps lock, shift, and alt |
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keys have dropped off the face of the earth... this means i can't copy n |
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paste, i can't type email address, i can't switch consoles, i can't use |
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any keyboard shortcuts rendering most programs useless... as has |
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happened now, as you can tell by the lack of uppercase, smileys, etc in |
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this email... |
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using xev, the keypresses are definitely still getting through and |
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recognised as the right keys. my laptop keyboard or a usb keyboard do |
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the same thing. if i switch to a vt by using `sudo chvt 2` then i can |
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use shift, etc again. i can even ctrl-alt-f7 to get back to x, but then |
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i can't use ctrl-alt to get away again. |
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the only thing that solves it is logging out and restarting x. which is |
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sometimes not possible for a while when i'm in the middle of flashing |
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firmware on a device... |
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the only thing i can think of that might affect this is vmware or vnc. |
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i'm using both a lot at the moment, so perhaps something to do with the |
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keyboard grabbing is affecting x -question mark- however closing both |
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vnc and vmware don't fix it... |
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well, i sure would appreciate any hints... thanks -smile- |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Our sires' age was worse that our grandsires'. |
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We their sons are more worthless than they: |
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so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt. |
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-- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) |
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