I just found this mail thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/02/msg00042.html
Stefan writes there that: > Since the update the keyboard in X11 has gone weird. Every second key > press under X11 is recognized as if the Ctrl key was pressed, i.e. > every second 'm' is a newline, every second 'd' is a Ctrl-D, every > second 'c' a Ctrl-C, ... you get the idea. Sounds very much like my problem. In this thread they pinpoint the problem to xkb-data (1.5-2) which I also have installed. They have this solution: > Reverting back to xkb-data 1.4-1 and setting that on "hold" as well, > helps. I guess I will try this as well. See also this bugreport: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514975 Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org