** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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Title:
Ctrl-key stuck in Gnome after continued browsing
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
First of all - I have not been able to find a way to reproduce this
bug when I want to. I have tried - a lot.
That being said, this happens quite often. I use firefox 3 on Ubuntu
8.04 and browse a lot using Ctrl+click (opening a new tab in the
background) and Ctrl-W. At some time (often after 15-20 minutes) the
control key seems stuck. Just normally clicking on any link opens the
page in a background tab in firefox.
Thought this might just affect firefox, but the whole desktop
environment is affected, so I guess it must be gnome, somehow. The
symptoms are very much like those described here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194214
Unfortunately I can't log out normally, because everything I click
just seems highlighted. Can't type anything in thegnome- terminal;
just have a rectangle where the letters should be. You can see the
same thing when just pressing Ctrl in a normal session. I have to
either Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a terminal and run "killall gnome-session" or
kill the X-server via the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace combination.
Because I have not found an easy way of reproducing this bug (quickly!) I
guess it will be closed as incomplete, but since this has happened quite a few
times since the launch of 8.04, I though I might report it.
[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011b]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile
GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:011b]
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