Stop please On Dec 21, 2018 22:18, "Debian Bug Tracking System" <ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote:
> Your message dated Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:46:49 +0300 > with message-id <c6539a1e-1dfa-c57c-77a2-29783d5ff...@msgid.tls.msk.ru> > and subject line Re: Bug#910277: qemu: Shift key got stuck and can be > relased only by pressing capslock > has caused the Debian Bug report #910277, > regarding qemu: Shift key got stuck and can be relased only by pressing > capslock > to be marked as done. > > This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. > If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the > Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. > > (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this > message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system > misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org > immediately.) > > > -- > 910277: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=910277 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: doak <tldr+...@posteo.net> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:58:33 +0200 > Subject: qemu: Shift key got stuck and can be relased only by pressing > capslock > Package: qemu > Version: 1:2.12+dfsg-3 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > when using the Qemu GUI (gtk), the shift key is not handled properly. > When pressed it got stuck and can only be "released" with capslock, > although this seems to still toggle shift for digit keys (to access > exclamation mark etc.). > It is very hard to input anything which involves the shifted layer. The > only reliable way is to use capslock exclusively. > I have tested this within the Grub bootloader [1] as well as within > Debian installer [2]. > > This issue does neither arise in Qemu monitor, nor if Qemu is started with > '-nographic' or using '-display curses'. > > It seems to issue was introduced lately (probably by some dependent > package), because I havn't struggled with this issue in the past and I > am using Qemu quite often. I have updated Qemu packages on Septembre > 17th the last time. > > > [1] > $ qemu-system-x86_64 disk-grub.raw > Enter e.g. command mode with 'c'. Now try to write capital and > non-capital letters as well as digits and e.g. bang ('!'). > > Download image: https://doak.hopto.org/nas/filelink.lua?id= > eeeb6eb1911b828f > > > [2] > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom debian-9.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso -m 1G > -enable-kvm > The same issue arise on both installer vaiants (non-graphical and > graphical). Fastest way is to start non-graphical installer and use > alt+right to switch to another console. Try doing the same as with first > example. > > Download image: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso- > cd/debian-9.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > > Some more details: > * Shift key seems to get released as well when switching to Qemu monitor > and back again. > * Similar behaviour with 'debian-live-9.5.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso' started in > live mode. Although you need to press capslock and shift to "release". > > > Let me know if you need more information. > > > Best regards, > doak > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: buster/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > -- no debconf information > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> > To: 910277-d...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:46:49 +0300 > Subject: Re: Bug#910277: qemu: Shift key got stuck and can be relased only > by pressing capslock > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:58:51 +0100 doak <tldr+...@posteo.net> wrote: > >> Dear maintainer, >> >> the issue was *not* related to Qemu. >> I had changed my username including renaming home directory etc some time >> ago. For some reason this caused the issue. Just reverting the username in >> '/etc/passwd' back to the original one fixes it, chaing it back again leads >> to the issue again. >> >> I haven't done any further investigation (yet), but it could be related >> to Gnome Shell or D-Bus. Anyway, it seems like an interesting corner case, >> though not related to Qemu. >> > > This is very interesting and at least unusual.. but > closing this bugreport as handled. > > Thank you for using Debian! > > /mjt >
