FS#48153 - [linux] Keyboard problem with keys ALT, CTRL and SHIFT
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Opened by Andrea (Dea1993) - Friday, 12 February 2016, 08:38 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Monday, 02 October 2017, 22:38 GMT
Opened by Andrea (Dea1993) - Friday, 12 February 2016, 08:38 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Monday, 02 October 2017, 22:38 GMT
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I've a problem with the keyboard of notebook HP Pavilion 15
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the problem is with SHIFT ALT and CTRL buttons of the keyboard. for example when i use ALT-TAB shortcut, after few seconds, the ALT-TAB menu disappear as if i release ALT key, but isn't so. another example is when i navigate on web, when i scroll page with mouse wheel, sometimes the page start to resize, as if i'm pressing CTRL command while scroll, or if i'm writing a text, sometimes, borwser launch shortcut, as if i'm pressing CTRL while i type text, for exaple if i'm typing "b" letter, opens bookmarks... another example is while i'm typing text, if i press SHIFT key and start typing, begins to write uppercase letters and after a while, writes lowercase like I released shift, but i'm still pressing shift. for example if i press SHIFT+s, the result is this: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss some letters are uppercase, but others are lowercase. i haven't found a solution. the only way to solve momentarily the problem, is pressing for some seconds the only SHIFT key, after that, the problems disappears indefinitely, or until the next restart. This problem occurs with all ubuntu version (x86 and x86_64), now i'm using Ubuntu 15.10, but i've also tried ubuntu 15.04, ubuntu 14.04, ubuntu 12.04, ubuntu 10.04. furthermore i've this problem also with other GNU/Linux Distributions (i've tried Fedora, OpenSuse, ArchLinux, Antergos, Debian, SteamOS). but isn't and hardware problem, because on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 i haven't these problems. i've also tried to plug in an externa USB keyboard, and if i use external USB keybaord i haven't problems. i think is a problem of compatibility, with integrated keyboard of this notebook. i've tried to monitor these problems using XEV, and the results is that also if i'm not using notebook, sometimes XEV reads an INPUT of one of these 3 key (SHIFT, ALT, CTRL), and while i'm pressing one of these 3 key, XEV see also if i release and immedialty after press again the key. this is an example of the input while i press Left_ALT key for a while KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001, root 0x498, subw 0x0, time 129987, (-142,152), root:(452,476), state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001, root 0x498, subw 0x0, time 130147, (-142,152), root:(452,476), state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001, root 0x498, subw 0x0, time 130391, (-142,152), root:(452,476), state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False whole log here http://pastebin.com/CPGz40aw and this is the output of xev, leaving the notebook on a few hours without using it http://pastebin.com/sYSHAbGy this is "xinput" output ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Laser Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=13 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HP Truevision HD id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HP WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HP Wireless hotkeys id=15 [slave keyboard (3)] This problem happends every time i start Linux or any time i logout and again login i hope that this bug can be solved |
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Closed by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Monday, 02 October 2017, 22:38 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: appears to have been a BIOS issue, see comments
Monday, 02 October 2017, 22:38 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: appears to have been a BIOS issue, see comments
If it happens on all distros, it won't be solved here. It's an upstream problem.
furthermore, if i use the following parameter on "/etc/default/grub"
"i8042.dumbkbd"
problem is solved, but obvliusly caps lock led status not work
instead if i use the following parameters
"i8042.nomux=1 i8042.reset i8042.direct"
the problem is present only for few seconds after pressing CAPS LOCK or NUM LOCK (and led status works correctly).
hope that these informations can be useful to fix this annoyng bug.
thanks