mkirchbe
May 7th, 2008, 06:44 AM
hi there,
i upgraded from ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 today. since the upgrade, i cannot use either of the two SHIFT keys on my keyboard any more - with the exception of a few applications. here are some more details
- my previous ubuntu 7.10 installation was a full installation and not an upgrade
- i'm running ubuntu on a lenovo x61 laptop
- ubuntu start-up runs fine and i can still use the SHIFT key in the login screen
- once logged on, pressing the SHIFT key and any other key results in no output in a terminal, firefox, thunderbird, editors etc. however, when i invoke one of the admin functions that prompts for a password - via a pop-up window - the SHIFT key works but in that window only. the same isn't true for pop-up windows produced by firefox, thunderbird or in the terminal
- in addition, switching to the console - via ctrl, alt, f1 - results in the SHIFT key to work until i go back to gnome
- i tried to find similar report online but didn't find any. posts related to keyboard issues and vmware are not related to my problem here
- all other keys on my keyboard work without any issues - including caps lock. i played a bit with keyboard setting but no improvement.
any ideas, suggestions etc. are much appreciated.
Markus
i upgraded from ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 today. since the upgrade, i cannot use either of the two SHIFT keys on my keyboard any more - with the exception of a few applications. here are some more details
- my previous ubuntu 7.10 installation was a full installation and not an upgrade
- i'm running ubuntu on a lenovo x61 laptop
- ubuntu start-up runs fine and i can still use the SHIFT key in the login screen
- once logged on, pressing the SHIFT key and any other key results in no output in a terminal, firefox, thunderbird, editors etc. however, when i invoke one of the admin functions that prompts for a password - via a pop-up window - the SHIFT key works but in that window only. the same isn't true for pop-up windows produced by firefox, thunderbird or in the terminal
- in addition, switching to the console - via ctrl, alt, f1 - results in the SHIFT key to work until i go back to gnome
- i tried to find similar report online but didn't find any. posts related to keyboard issues and vmware are not related to my problem here
- all other keys on my keyboard work without any issues - including caps lock. i played a bit with keyboard setting but no improvement.
any ideas, suggestions etc. are much appreciated.
Markus