Bug 219161

Summary:	Keyboard Meta Keys (Shift, Alt, Ctrl, NumLock, ...) get stuck and not released
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Oliver Maurhart <oliver.maurhart>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	dyle71
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Oliver Maurhart 2009-12-18 11:25:06 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.4)
Compiler:          gcc-4.4.2 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

Since KDE 4.3.3 I'm struggling with my Keyboard on a Dell Latitude D810. Quite frequently the keyboard meta keys get "stuck". This refers to Alt, Shift, Ctrl, CapsLock, NumLock, ...

In 1 out of 2 attempts the meta key is not released, e.g. keeping Shift "pressed". This has some very annoying consequences while working. Pressing F4 in an App may render to Alt-F4, which doesn't invoke a function but closes the whole application ... :(

First I though of an hardware failure, but then I was surprised that Gnome on the very same machine does *not* suffer from this behavior. So I think it is more KDE related.

It's really disturbing, but I don't know where to look at to get a clue what's going on.

Can someone please give me a nudge to point me to some diagnostic apps or some hint?

Comment 1 Jekyll Wu 2012-07-10 02:07:41 UTC

I can't reproduce this problem

Is it still an issue in recent versions (KDE SC 4.8.4 or higher) ?

Comment 2 Oliver Maurhart 2012-07-10 16:31:06 UTC

Hm, nope. Bug is dead. Sorry for not kickin in and blast this ticket away.

Am I to close this ticket? Or is there any maintainer doing this?

Comment 3 Jekyll Wu 2012-07-10 16:37:50 UTC

Thanks for your feedback.