On 04/01/2015 11:27 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 09:58:29AM -0600, Stuart McGraw wrote: >> On 03/31/2015 05:41 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:58:53PM -0600, Stuart McGraw wrote: >>>> And yet another problem with Fedora-21... >>>> >>>> When I press my Shift keys quickly a few times (which I often >>>> do unconsciously while thinking about what to type), I get a >>>> notification that "sticky keys have been enabled". I then >>>> get a lot of odd keyboard effects such as every word typed >>>> being capitalized or the keyboard acting like the control key >>>> is permanently pressed. >>>> >>>> Googling seems to indicate this is an old problem going back >>>> to the mid-2000's. >>> >>> It's a feature, to enable sticky keys as needed. I had the same problem >>> with some older release of XFCE. I solved it by disabling all assistive >>> technologies, as I do not need them. If this is true for you too, you >>> can disable it by unchecking the "Enable assistive technologies" option >>> in the "Assistive Technologies" tab in Settings > Accesibility. >> >> Yup, did that. Multiple times. :-) I even looked at that dialog >> right after the sticky keys feature became active and all the >> checkboxes were still unchecked. > > Hmm, I think I recall now this did not solve the problem. I think the > commandline equivalent for those menu options are the following: > > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard stickykeys-enable false > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard slowkeys-enable false > # to disabble accesibility altogether > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard enable false > > Although I think you will not have success with either of these. I > think culprit is the login manager, not the desktop. Are you using GDM? > I think that is responsible for this issue. I use lightdm now, I think > that is how I eventually solved my issue. Thanks, I will look into that. But I am gobsmacked at the nature of this problem. Here is a bug report for the problem on Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/41427 It starts in 2007 and continues into 2013 with no resolution! WTF? I realize now that the "G" in Gdm is "Gnome" and that perhaps explains it. I think Fedora has a lot of responsibility here as well. This problem seems to be well known yet I had to spend hours trying to figure out what was going on. If Fedora is going to provide Gdm by default then at a bare minimum, this problem should be mentioned in the Fedora Release Notes or the System Admin Guide along with a recommended fix. Going forward I think I will be looking at eliminating not just gdm but as much of Gnome from my computer as is humanly possible. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
