Bug 219161 - Keyboard Meta Keys (Shift, Alt, Ctrl, NumLock, ...) get stuck and not released
Summary: Keyboard Meta Keys (Shift, Alt, Ctrl, NumLock, ...) get stuck and not released
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2009-12-18 11:25 UTC by Oliver Maurhart
Modified: 2012-07-10 16:37 UTC (History)
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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.