Hi, I've been having a few problems with one of my Linux PCs (FC4): 1. Every now and then it'll repeat keys like mad (so deleting one e-mail deletes the lot -- an extreme problem!). I ended up turning off key repeat to avoid that, but that's a pain in other ways. 2. And at other times it'll decide that I cannot type anything unless I hold the shift key down. I can see that the keyboard is outputting something, and the system is reacting (cursor blinking on the spot), but I can't type any output. If I do something like open a system preferences which gets me to type into a pop-up password gadget, then I can type. If I flick over to another virtual terminal (non-X) it works. It's just within X applications on *my* login. No amount of fiddling with keyboard preferences, logging in and out, restarting X, seems to resolve this issue. I'm at a loss at what to look out for. Also, looking through the keyboard preferences I find options that I don't find any explanations to anywhere (guides on my PC, nor Googling around for Linux keyboard use documentation). What are "third level choosers"? What're they for? What's "super" keys for? And what are "meta" keys for? What are "groups" for? I'm used to the idea of more than one qualifier key, coming from a background involving computers like the Amiga, which gave you two system qualifier (Amiga logo) keys for system hotkeys and application menu shortcuts, alt keys for typing alternate characters, control keys for ye olde terminal functions (bell, delete, break, etc.). But I'm not sure what Linux is using in what manner. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
