Hi. I'm on Debian Sid, and up until an apt-get upgrade within the last week or so, everything was working fine.
I'm often in VMware, developing software using an IDE which accepts F7 to start a build. Recently, that stopped working. Other f-keys like F5 continue to work, but F7 is MIA. I figured maybe it was VMware. But then I noticed that my vncviewer (under Linux), which I always used F8 in, was now ignoring it. I cruised through System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts and disabled everything, but that had no effect. I tried using F7 and F8 under a different user account, but it made no difference. Then I found something really odd: For kicks I tried setting F8 to trigger the Sound Mute function using Keyboard Shortcuts. After I hit F8 (while setting the key in the Keyboard Shortcuts window), I couldn't type any longer in any window. I could click on menu items, but I couldn't get the menus to drop. This persisted until I unplugged and replugged my USB keyboard, at which point my sound muted (!) and I had full control back. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks! Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
