On 09/25/2013 12:40:47 PM, Tod Thomas wrote:
On 09/25/2013 08:06 AM, Ian Malone wrote:
> On 25 September 2013 13:01, Ian Malone <ibmalone(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 24 September 2013 19:33, Tod Thomas <fr33zone(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've read that fc17 is end of life but maybe someone has run into
this. I'm
>>> running fc17, latest upgrades, using XFCE, and periodically the
keyboard
>>> just stops working, mouse is fine. I end up having to mouse over
ALL of my
>>> open windows saving and closing. Once I logoff and logon
everything works
>>> normally. I've checked the Xorg log, messages, dmesg, everything
I can
>>> think of but its sill happening. I even tried turning off the
screen saver
>>> but that didn't help either. It happens inconsistently which
makes it even
>>> more annoying :)
>>>
>>> Not sure there's a single answer given the possible moving parts
involved.
>>> If nobody can think of anything off the top of their head could
someone
>>> suggest a good way to try and debug? I'll be upgrading here
eventually but
>>> right now the timing is not optimal.
>>>
>> Can you change to a virtual console (Ctl-Alt-Fn where n!=1) when
this
>> happens? (And if not can you do it normally?) N.B. Alt-F1 should
get
>> you back to the desktop. Might help in working out whether this is
a
>> problem with X or with XFCE.
>>
> Also, may want to check you've not accidentally turned on some
> accessibility option like sticky keys. (This used to catch me out in
> KDE because a long shift keypress enabled it, until I got fed up
> enough to turn that off.)
>
>
Good idea, I have not tried the virtual console check, I will the next
time it happens. Any idea how to turn off sticky keys in XFCW? I
found
a suggestion using xkbset.
If that doesn't work, try holding down the shift key for 20 sec.