Maybe it is a mechanical defect of your keyboard. Already tried another keyboard? rhughes@oreillyauto.com wrote: > > Greetings.... > > I have run into a problem where when in X, regardless of which window manager I use, hitting the > right Ctrl key locks up the keyboard. So far, as a test I have modified the xinitrc file to only > start with xterm (no window manager). From here I can type normally until the right Ctrl key is > pressed. From that point on things get VERY squerly. Here is a typical test case: > > startx > (X starts with an xterm in the upper left corner (no window manager) ) > mouse over the xterm and type normaly > hit the right control key > press 'a' - if there is text on the line, the curser goes to the first character > press 'd' - if done after hitting 'a', acts as the delete key until last character is pressed, > then it exits X > > I am running a Red Hat 7.2 system > > I have also noticed that after the right control is pressed, often the mouse buttons bring up > xterm menus... as would be expected if a control key was being held. This leads me to believe > that pressing the right control key is somehow 'locking' the control key. I have looked at the > .Xdefaults but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the > ncurses4-5.0-4.i386 rpm (trying to refresh the terminfo db) as well as the > XFree86-4.1.0-3.i386.rpm (trying to fix any keymap issues) but neither has helped. It may be > worth noting that this problem is not limited to xterm (it was just easier to test there). No > matter where I am in X, evein if I use something like the default KDE start script, pressing the > right control key appears to lock the keyboard. > > Any suggestions would be much appriciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Ryan -- Vriendelijke groeten, Wim Goedertier -- ******************************************** * Wim Goedertier * * Univ. Gent - ELIS - Spraaklabo (Bur. Q5) * * Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent * * Tel : ++32/9/264.33.97 * * Fax : ++32/9/264.35.94 * * Email : odul@elis.rug.ac.be * ******************************************** _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
