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Raffo

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Registered: 2007-07-13

Posts: 37

SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

While using the pc it always happen that the alt key remain pressed... so I'm not able to do action like write in a chat window. I wasn't able to find any particular errors in xorg logs. The programs I always use are kdemod 3.9, amarok, firefox 3 beta5, emesene, konqueror. What can I do??

Last edited by Raffo (2008-05-09 10:49:03)

djselbeck

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Registered: 2008-03-04

Posts: 26

Re: SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

Hello, i had the same issue but nobody answers me my question. It also appears with the windows key for me.

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

raffo & djselbeck do you have the same version of xorg ? try to give us more informations
(I had some problem with the latest xorg and I had to downgrade to xorg-server 1.2.0-5, so it wouldn't surprise me if it's a xorg bug)
does this problem appear randomly or specially when using an application?
ah.. post your xorg.conf too please..
bye!

hacosta

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From: Mexico

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 423

Re: SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

i had this problem too.. i disabled kmilo in kcontrol, can you guys confirm if this solves it for you?

Raffo

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Registered: 2007-07-13

Posts: 37

Re: SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

My xorg.conf version is X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90. From 2 days I'm not experiencing this problem but I have to say that I'm not using the computer so much. I'll do better tests tomorrow. Here's my xorg.conf file:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

@hacosta: I don't know what kmilo is...

hacosta

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From: Mexico

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 423

Re: SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

kmilo is a service that kde starts to set up your keyboard layout, it also sets up special keys, you can try disabling it in kcontrol (not on my laptop right now, so i can't tell you the exact location) but it should be under kde services.

Raffo

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Registered: 2007-07-13

Posts: 37

Re: SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

Ok I found it... and I disabled it. I'll let you know if I'm still able to reproduce the bug

Raffo

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Registered: 2007-07-13

Posts: 37

Re: SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

I'm still experiencing the bug. It is a little different from what I described yesterday. The problem is not related to the ALT key but to the win key. I always use the key to skip songs in amarok and I found that it remain in the status PRESSED. Maybe the problem is caused by amarok...

Raffo

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Registered: 2007-07-13

Posts: 37

Re: SUPER/WIN KEY remain pressed (was: alt key pressed)

I started using juk instead of amarok just to understand if the bug is related to amarok. It isn't. I'm still having this problem with juk + kdemod + konqueror. I think it's time to start using another desktop environment