[Bug 59616] Re: keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 41427 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41427 I had this issue with my keyboard not working, and I read this bug report and thought that this was it - but no! Although it gave me some clues. What happenden to me was that NUMLOCK was turned on (!!!) the problem was that I'm on a Macbook and the keyboard does not have a numloc key. But I had an external keyboard attached and here I turnede numlock on - after detaching the the external keyboard the one on the macbook didn't work no more. I deleted the setting using just the mouse by deleting the file; ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/computername/0/%gconf.xml -- keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59616 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59616] Re: keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 41427 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41427 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 41427 slow keys can turn on surreptitiously cause confusion. -- keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59616 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59616] Re: keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled
Bryce: I suppose it's plausible the slow keys feature was the reason, although I as I said in the original report, this was related to playing with upstart/sysvinit. I'm pretty certain I didn't visit the slow keys dialog box, but at this point, three Ubuntu releases later, I can't really confirm or deny conclusively :-) -- keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59616 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59616] Re: keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled
I just tried it again, and I think I've found the underlying issue. As I disabled the option 'Keyboard Preferences' - 'Allow to turn accessibility features on and off from the keyboard', I had to reactivate this to test it. As I now know, the required action is to hold SHIFT for 8 seconds to toggle the 'Slow Keys' feature, and I did just that. After 8 seconds, a dialog popped up, asking me Do you want to activate Slow Keys? (possible answers: 'Don't activate', 'Activate') - just as expected. What I did not expect though was this: the feature gets enabled as soon as the dialog pops up; only when you hit 'Don't activate', it will get disabled again. And to make this even worse: the dialog tends to remain hidden behind maximized windows. In the beginning, it would pop up over my maximized Firefox window, but after I did this several times, it will only pop under the Firefox window. So if I didn't know about this, the 'slow keys' feature would now be enabled, I wouldn't know why. If I would now minimize all windows, I would see that dialog; but most users (as I did back then I guess) will freak out and e.g. try to re-login or to reboot the computer, leading to a permanently enabled 'slow keys' feature. My suggested fix: disable 'Allow to turn accessibility features on and off from the keyboard' by default (I don't think there are really people relying on this), and fix that dialog so it won't enable the 'slow keys' feature until the user has clicked on 'Activate'. Additionally, the focused button in that dialog should be 'Don't activate' (why focus the 'Help' button?!), and a warning like WARNING: if you don't know what the Slow Keys feature is, don't enable it! You will have problems with typing when you activate it! would be nice. BTW - this is a duplicate: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/41427 this could be a duplicate: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/195805 (I tested it, you also need to hold CTRL+ALT+F1 for a moment when you want to switch consoles with slow keys enabled. I won't test CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE though ;)) -- keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59616 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59616] Re: keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled
Thanks Miguel, Martin, and ethanay for identifying and confirming the problem is with the slow keys accessibility feature; I've updated the title. @Juri, if you're still tracking this bug it would be helpful if you concur with this analysis. Could someone propose what the next step should be for this bug report? Is it just user error, or is there something that silently turns this feature on, that should be corrected? Or is there a deeper issue that deserves further analysis? ** Summary changed: - keyboard not working after logging in via gdm + keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled -- keyboard not working after logging in via gdm due toslow keys feature being accidentally enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59616 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
