From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrea Subject: Re: keyboard problem on linux Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:29:45 +0100 Message-ID: <569F5389.8040800@gmail.com> References: <569E3B62.6050407@gmail.com> <20160120001340.GC31589@dtor-ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f43.google.com ([74.125.82.43]:35221 "EHLO mail-wm0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934038AbcATJ3r (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2016 04:29:47 -0500 Received: by mail-wm0-f43.google.com with SMTP id r129so122913356wmr.0 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 01:29:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20160120001340.GC31589@dtor-ws> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Hi, Dmitry i've the same problem on console without X. this is an output of evtest on console: http://pastebin.com/4aWYYhwN (as you can see, after a while i'm pressing Left_Alt (from line 434 of pastebin) or Left_Ctrl (from line 605 of pastebin) or Left_Shift (from line 786 of pastebin), these keys are released and then pressed again. but when i press only left_shift for some seconds, the issue don't occurs.) i haven't found nothing on BIOS settings, the only options relative to keyboard is: Action Keys Mode: [Enabled]: Requires pressing only F1 throug F12 to activate action keys [Disabled]: Requires pressing FN Key + F1 throug F12 to activate action keys but the problem occurs in both modes Il 20/01/2016 01:13, Dmitry Torokhov ha scritto: > Hi Andera, > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 02:34:26PM +0100, Andrea wrote: >> [1.] i've a problem with keyboard of my notebook HP Pavilion 15 >> ab062nl; CTRL SHIFT and ALT buttons not works as they should. in >> particular, it is as if these keys are pressed and released alone. >> isn't an hardware problem, because on windows 10 and windows 8.1 i >> haven't these problems, is only a linux problem (all distro). >> >> [2.] the bug is always active, every time i start a linux Distro >> (also from live, and also without DE/WM) i've this problem with >> keyboard, the only way to fix temporarily the bug, is pressing the >> only Left SHIFT key for some seconds, then all problems disappear >> indefinitely, and in any case, if i shutdown or if i reboot the PC, >> the problem recurs. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1532746 > > Hmm, this is weird. Do you observe the same issue in text console (not > in X)? It would be nice to see events as emitted by the kernel - you can > use evtest utility for that. > > Is sounds like some accessibility feature, is there anything in BIOS to > that effect? > > Thanks. >