The only other devices I use with my laptop wireless with usb transceiver or bluetooth and none have keys. Unfortunately I don't have Wayland installed but I will go through the above bug to see what I can infer (and probably install Wayland to test), but in the mean time I have progressed a bit.
I tried starting a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20.04 from a flashdrive and the problem disappeared. Also I logged on to my laptop as a different user the problem also disappeared. So I think it has something to do with my account set up, it started happening after the update on 2021-04-03 07:55:11. From DpkgLog.txt it looks like a handful of updates but I can't think how any would affect keybinding. I have reset all my keybindings in Settings>Keyboard Shortcuts just in case but that didn't fix it. Anyway I think it is some local config I have, I will have a look in .local to see if I can find anything but any suggestions where to look would help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1922766 Title: UP and DOWN keys behave erratically Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Since the last update, a couple of days ago the UP and DOWN arrow keys don't work properly. They are either slow to react or don't work at all, very occasionally they work as expected. It is only limited to these two keys. I don't think it is a hardware issue because if I boot my laptop up with another operating system it works fine. I checked to see if my bios needs updating, but it doesn't. Also I have tried starting with an older kernel and the problem is still there so I think this has something to do with xorg and/or gnome. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-70.78-generic 5.4.94 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-70-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Apr 6 17:22:59 2021 DistUpgraded: 2020-09-19 18:59:22,820 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8)) DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] [8086:1916] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] [1043:1280] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-03 (1614 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:58d2 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX310UA ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-70-generic root=UUID=eee950f6-e946-46ab-9616-45ba24e1f588 ro SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-09-19 (198 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/17/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: UX310UA.305 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: UX310UA dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX310UA.305:bd04/17/2019:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnUX310UA:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnUX310UA:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: UX dmi.product.name: UX310UA dmi.product.sku: ASUS-NotebookSKU dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.14.1+20.04.20200211-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.102-1ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 xserver.bootTime: Mon Sep 21 17:29:50 2020 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4 xserver.video_driver: modeset To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1922766/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
