[kwlug-disc] Left shift + space does not work

[Ron Singh]

Try a live usb stick with Debian or some such on it and see if the issue
persists?
If no issues, they your installed OS has some I/O software issues?
If the problem (s) persist, time to get a replacement kbd?

Thanks,

Ron S.



On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 3:13 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> Here is a mystery that may be failing hardware, or may be something
> else.
>
> A few days ago my laptop went crazy. It started producing a lot of
> "Print Screen" keypresses for no reason. That in turn would bring up
> my screenshot software, making it tough to do anything. I removed the
> screenshot software and unassociated the shortcut, and since then
> things improved.
>
> Now I notice another problem: if I am holding the left shift key and
> press space, nothing happens. I looked at what xev reports, and it
> notes that the left shift is being pressed, but does not register the
> space bar at all.
>
> If I press right-shift + space then it works. Space bar works. Left
> shift works for capitalizing letters and for all other keys.
>
> My keyboard layout is set to 105 key US layout "pc105". I am not
> sure whether this is right or not. There are French Canadian symbols
> on some of the keys, which I believe are accessed via function key.
>
> I am confident that I used to be able to hold down left shift and
> press space. Maybe I messed something up when my keyboard went crazy.
> Maybe there is imminent hardware failure. Maybe something else is
> going on. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can troubleshoot and
> fix this?
>
> - Paul
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