Comment 21 for bug 237604

I have noticed this behavior accross several versions of ubuntu and accross two different laptops and my desktop. I first thought it was a KomodoEdit bug since it always started while in Komodo (but as a developer I spend the majority of my time in either KomodoEdit or Firefox), I then thought that it was a Gnome clipboard manager bug since it always affected copy-and-paste procedures. Since I have also determined that it also affects the virtual consoles as well it no longer thing that it is a gnome centric issue.

I seem to bring it on my doing a lot of control key activity since it is usually proceeded by long periods (a full minute or more) of continuous pressed control key. But I can not reproduce at will.

Though possibly not Gnome / X related, I find that restarting X fixes it (crtl+alt+bksp)