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waldek_a

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2005-04-19

Posts: 85

Keyboard - Shift, Ctrl and Alt stay on if held [SOLVED]

I've got a really weird problem with the keyboard when using KDE. If I keep "Shift", "Ctrl" or "Alt" keys pressed for a few seconds they stay on. So for example "Shift" works as "CapsLock".
It is really annoying especially when I'm using Gimp or Inkscape and in some cases I have to hold "Shift", "Ctrl" or "Alt" for a while to do something. Then they stay on. If I press them once they go off.
Does anybody know how can I switch it off?

It is a Logitech keyboard. And I have it defined in the following way in xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier  "Logitech Keyboard"
    Driver      "keyboard"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules"   "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "logiinkseusb"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "de"

EndSection

and in KDE I tried different Logitech keyboard settings.

waldek_a

Member

From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2005-04-19

Posts: 85

Re: Keyboard - Shift, Ctrl and Alt stay on if held [SOLVED]

I found it. In the Control Center "Regional & Accessability -> Accesability -> Modified Keys -> Sticky Keys" the option "Use Sticky Keys" was on.