[GTALUG] Weird Keyboard Issue

[Don Tai]

dirt under the key? Maybe you could try removing the keyboard, as
troublesome as it is, and try to clean underneath.

On Thu, 12 Sept 2024 at 13:35, Jim Ruxton via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

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>> > I am having a strange keyboard issue and wondering if it could be a
>> weird
>> > setting that got changed somehow.
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>> I don't have any answers.  But I'll kibitz.
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>> Are you using X or Wayland?  Some of their keyboard handling is
>> different,
>> I think.  Under X, the xev program might show you something useful.
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>> If you create another account on the machine, and log in with that
>> account, does the same problem happen?  That would tell you if a personal
>> setting is the problem.---
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>> Thanks xev is showing that there is no event when I press that shift key
> at first. I am now seeing however that occasionally if I press really hard
> I do get it working and an event is generated. So maybe something
> mechanical but weirdly I always get an uppercase with the second press of a
> letter on the keyboard no matter how hard that shift key is pressed.
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