keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware - SOLVED!!! (for me at least)

[Tim]

On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 22:00 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Hey developers!  "hold shift key for 10 seconds" is common in many
> video games (esp Minecraft).  You can't just change the user's
> keyboard without warning!

It's also common for typing ALL CAPS words when you don't want to use
the caps lock key.

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[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686

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