#5658 NORM Ship.2: Sticky Alt or Control Key

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#5658: Sticky Alt or Control Key
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  Reporter:  davidpfarrell  |       Owner:  wad      
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Ship.2   
 Component:  hardware       |     Version:  Build 650
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0              |    Blocking:           
 Blockedby:                 |  
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Changes (by gnu):

 * cc: bernie, gnu (added)


Comment:

 For G1G1 donors who have an external USB keyboard available, they report
 (e.g. rt# 3730) that a stuck Alt key on the main keyboard messes up input
 from an external keyboard.  I have verified this on my own B4.  If either
 keyboard's Alt key appears to be pressed, a key-up from the other one will
 not fix the problem.  However, the commenter who yanked his internal
 keyboard cable was able to use an external keyboard without trouble
 (http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5658#comment:40).

 It occurs to me that a small change in the X configuration file might
 allow it to ignore the built-in keyboard -- or ignore that keyboard only
 when a USB keyboard is plugged in.  I've cc'd Bernie to see if that's a
 quick circumvention that we can offer to the donors who have failing
 keyboards, while we figure out the actual cause and the most useful field
 fix.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5658#comment:66>
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