caps lock turned on automatically from time to time
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
Hi,
since upgrade to lucid i got this problem more often and more "dramatically":
From time to time it looks like caps lock is enabled (without showing the caps light btw!): LIKE AT THE MOMENT *NARF*
I CANNOT TURN IT OFF (BUT if i turn caps lock on -> light turns on, letters are normally again). As you can see, the caps turned off at "BUT" by itself. This is not a joke, its really annoying. It takes up to a few minutes till the problem is gone.
The following didn't help:
- typing setxkbmap into a terminal (was suggested in some forum)
- switching windows / turn off some random running programs like openoffice, firefox, thunderbird, whatever
- slapping the keyboard
- buying a new keyboard...
- switching from a ps/2 to a usb keyboard (so ps/2 port is fine, too)
- pull keyboard and push again in (so kind of a "reset")
- pressing nearly all keys didn't help, too.
So this simply sucks (sorry). I stops me from working from time to time, since even with pressed caps lock key, i only can type the normal letters, signs like . or , are always upper case, so : or ;.
I don't know where the problem comes from, i also asked at irc a few days ago, but only suggestions like replacing keyboard, which i have done yet, doesn't help.
I got one error message once(!) when the problem occoured: atkbd.c: Spurious NAK on isa0060/serio1. Some program might be trying access hardware directly.
so something seems to be there, but i don't know what.
The problem occoured on 09.10, too, but only for one letter from time to time (so i didn't notice the most of the time, only when having a vnc/rdp session to some windows box for example, because after a few times pressing the shift key, you'll get some notice about enable some helping key functions or something like that).
would be nice to get this fixed...
REGARDS::: AND THERE IT IS AGAIN:::(CRAP)
SVEN
PS:
ha! i swtiched to console -> but not there, switched back to x -> problem gone too - but this might not help and maybe the bug was gone by itself again, but i'll try this again when it happens again, which will be within the next minutes/hours i guess..)
PPS: this is the third time i try to report this bug, the other two times i just got an oops from launchpad...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 529567412f7cf72
CheckboxSystem: 7bd8da88dafd608
Date: Tue Sep 28 14:39:41 2010
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.31-22-generic, i686: installed
nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-24-generic, i686: installed
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046a:0023 Cherry GmbH CyMotion Master Linux Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:08b2 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 4000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: ECS GF7050VT-M5
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/md0 ro quiet splash locale=de_DE
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 07/07/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080015
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: GF7050VT-M5
dmi.board.vendor: ECS
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: GF7050VT-M5
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ECS
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-24-generic
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
Hi,
i tried the switch between console and x and it seems indeed to fix the problem. So it looks like a bug in xorg or maybe some gnome stuff...
Regards,
Sven