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Weird: Caps, Shift inversion in C and E letters
Posted by jijitus on Fri 26 Sep 2008 at 19:54
Since I installed Lenny on my laptop six months ago, I have this weird keyboard bug. With Caps Lock on, I get all letters in uppercase EXCEPTING the C and E letters.
And more: with Caps on and pressing Shift, all letters are lowercase excepting C and E, which this time are in uppercase.
In X this doesn't happen, only on the console.
I already tried kbd-config leaving the kernel default layout, US layout, and all Spanish variations (I use Spanish standard). None of these changes solve the bug.
And this it is not a hardware bug. I copied this Debian installation to my desktop PC and the problem is still there [both are 64-bit processors with nVidia chipset]. It didn't happen with a previous Mandriva installation on the laptop.
Suggestions are welcome :)
And more: with Caps on and pressing Shift, all letters are lowercase excepting C and E, which this time are in uppercase.
In X this doesn't happen, only on the console.
I already tried kbd-config leaving the kernel default layout, US layout, and all Spanish variations (I use Spanish standard). None of these changes solve the bug.
And this it is not a hardware bug. I copied this Debian installation to my desktop PC and the problem is still there [both are 64-bit processors with nVidia chipset]. It didn't happen with a previous Mandriva installation on the laptop.
Suggestions are welcome :)
Comments on this Entry
That's an interesting bug. I don't think I ever use the caps lock key.
Anyway, I just duplicated it on a Dell Dimension 3000 (32 bit, intel chipset). I am using a regular Dell keyboard, runninng through a cables-to-go USB KVM.
Anyway, I just duplicated it on a Dell Dimension 3000 (32 bit, intel chipset). I am using a regular Dell keyboard, runninng through a cables-to-go USB KVM.
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Posted by Anonymous (201.20.xx.xx) on Sat 27 Sep 2008 at 01:30
I remember having some sort of similar bug. I am not sure, but I remember it had something to do with the console font / char encoding / kbd mapping. Some weird combination (wrong obviously) lead to the issue. Try seeting everything to us / ascii to see what happens. I remember having some trouble with UTF-8 at the console with different distributions.
Please post your current console configuration here, it might help debug the problem.
Please post your current console configuration here, it might help debug the problem.
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