[GTALUG] Weird Keyboard Issue

[Mauro Souza]

or spraying a can of compressed air bellow the keys...

Mauro
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On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 3:31 PM Don Tai via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> 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:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> > I am having a strange keyboard issue and wondering if it could be a
>>> weird
>>> > setting that got changed somehow.
>>>
>>> I don't have any answers.  But I'll kibitz.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.---
>>>
>>> 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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