Giuseppe Verde, could you please confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:
apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number> Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags: kernel-fixed-upstream kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example: kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5 This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag: needs-upstream-testing If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER As well, please remove the tag: needs-upstream-testing If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags: kernel-unable-to-test-upstream kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 195982 Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190934 Title: [hardy] keyboard modifiers randomly forgotten Status in “libgnomekbd” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When using GNOME, with keyboard settings set with the GNOME keyboard capplet, keyboard modifiers (shift, caps lock, alt, etc.) will randomly be forgotten. It may be on next login, it may just happen while using the box. But it will happen at some point. Others (e.g. Amaranth on #gnome-hackers) have seen similar behavior, and it was Amaranth who showed me the workaround. Steps to reproduce: Unknown Details of my keyboard settings: Generic 105-key PC keyboard, USA layout. Layout options set are swapping ctrl and caps lock, and menu is compose key. Symptoms: randomly, modifier keys will stop working. This may be all modifieres (e.g. shift, alt, ctrl, etc.) or it may be just a few of the settings (for example, it's happened that ctrl and caps lock got un-switched despite the capplet saying they were still switched). That one was sure odd. Usually, though, I'll notice that GNOME forgot my keyboard settings Workaround: when the modifiers are forgotten, log out. Log in to a text terminal and kill any lagging gconf processes (I've had good luck with kill -9 -1 ;) Then rm -rf .gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard. Log out of the text terminal and log in to GNOME again. You'll have to reset your keybinding modifiers, but the keys will all work again. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgnomekbd/+bug/190934/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp