Harry Putnam, 30.01.2012: > Running Wheezy - kde plasma > > Running Debian / windows7 on a KVM switch (IOGEAR miniview 4 port DVI) > > Keyboard is from `Unicomp' and weighs about 10 lbs. Its not that old > but is in the old style with serious stand up keys and lots of clatter > when typing. > > I've been running thru this switch for several months and a different > switch before that. > > I've been using the keyboard for a couple of years. > > All equipment has been in use a good while. > > I've recently started having a problem where the capslock comes on > (seemingly randomly) but not the led that indicates its on. > > I'll be typing and suddenly I'm in caps and have to turn caps lock on > (led comes on) to get back to lowercase. > > Even that doesn't really work, since numbers stay upper case to what > ever symbols are the upper case for each (sometimes). > > I'm not sure if its related to debian though it did seem to start > following a major update of pkgs. (No I didn't keep a list). > > The reason I say I'm not sure is that once it starts, even if I switch > to windows 7 host through the KVM, its still stuck on caps. > > Googling on various strings, I see this problem coming up going way > back but not particularly recently or on debian.
Probably a long shot (especially since your problem persists when you flip the KVM switch), but I remember a long time ago that in the virtual console of my laptop the "windows key" would turn on caps without changing the led. I'm also pretty sure I mentioned this on a thread on this list or debian-laptop. Try to find that thread. There were more ideas there. :) > After much fiddling, looking for stuck keys, unplugging/replugging > KVM/keyboard it seems to go back to normal, but the last time I > haven't been able to get back to normal so running with numlock and > caps lock turned on to get lowercase, normal shift activity, and > ability to type numbers. > > I've been running that way for 2 days this time around. And since it > seems to have stabilized with capslock on and I quit trying > to get it back to normal. > > This time the numbers are working normally too, with or without > numlock, long as I keep capslock on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120130152703.ga5...@cs.utexas.edu
