#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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Comment(by robby):

 have just diagnosed what looked like gmail trouble or random keyboard
 errors as actually being the stuck alt key phenomenon.

 progressively getting worse for three days

 a restart seems to clear the problem until next use of alt -- this note is
 my fourth test of that theory

 --just to be safe i'm avoiding all key-combos including shift key on this
 message

 note -- other 'nonresponsive keys' error reports may be the alt key, since
 it disables some normal behaviors

 -- no 'erase' key in write? alpha keys don't type? spacebar doesn't
 insert? all could be stuck alt

 -- tab causes switch to new activity or return to journal? stuck alt
 resulting in alt-tab

 -- enter key not functioning in calc? stuck alt

 .. enter key hides main menu -- alt-enter shortcut to full screen

 .. screen rotates while typing? alt-r caused by stuck alt and r

 -- frame menu appears? alt f

 some keys have normal function with alt, others have command functions --
 alt-tab, for instance -- and others are null in some activities

 in write, some of the weirder effects included causing the left and right
 arrow keys to move adjacent text in tab increments, while disabling the up
 and down arrow keys

 alpha keys no longer entered text

 shift-cursor keys didn't highlight text

 trackpad could make menu selections,but not reposition cursor

 in browse, errors include not being able to delete contents of address
 field with erase key (does alt-erase send a different code?)

 i don't know whether this is another alt-stuck function, but in my last
 session, something 'locked' the frame menu in place, even when i'd alt-tab
 to other activities; enter key zoomed to full screen, but within the frame

 after i send this and get back to real life for a while, i'll try external
 keyboard at home

 bob (robby) on the road from starbucks to starbucks... ny, va, tn

 note--this is a firstday ship g1g1

 if i can be of help, direct contact -- email to my first name at my last
 name dot com
 last name is stepno
 http://stepno.com

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