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FS#17279 - [kdebase-konsole] can't select text when shift is held down

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Alan Davies (cs96and) - Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 12:14 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:37 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Pierre Schmitz (Pierre)
Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

I can't select text using the mouse in Konsole if shift is held down. Its been this way ever since installing arch, but seemed to get ranomly fixed a while ago, but the problem has come back again recently.

This is a problem because joe has it's own mose handling which you can override by holding down shift. So I can't copy anything from joe into the clipboard.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
Konsole 2.3.3 (KDE 4.3.3)

Steps to reproduce:
Open Konsole
Hold down Shift and try to select some text
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:37 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  see comments
Comment by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 13:16 GMT
  • Field changed: Summary (Can't select text when shift is held down in Konsole → [kdebase-konsole] can't select text when shift is held down)
  • Field changed: Status (Unconfirmed → Assigned)
  • Task assigned to Andrea Scarpino (BaSh), Pierre Schmitz (Pierre)
this works here, maybe is something wrong with your graphic driver?
Comment by Alan Davies (cs96and) - Wednesday, 02 December 2009, 12:17 GMT
Not sure what my graphics driver has to do with holding shift down.

I can shift+select in xterm, but not in console.
Comment by Alan Davies (cs96and) - Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:36 GMT
SOLVED:
I was investigating another problem I had (keyboard wouldn't work in KDM) when I discovered that in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi I had "input.xkb.layout" set to "uk" instead of "gb". Changing the value to "gb" fixed the KDM problem and the shift-select problem in Konsole.

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