I have been struggling with this issue for several months now and have
finally found a way to consistently reproduce the bug on my system as
well as a way to avoid causing the issue in the first place.  I am
running Ubuntu 10.04 with KeePassX 0.4.3.  Before upgrading my OS and
KeePassX, I did not see this problem.


To reproduce:
1. I set my Global Auto-Type Shortcut  to Ctrl + Shift + v
2. I set up a new keePassX entry with the username of "t" and a blank password. 
 I think the letter t is irrelevant, but I include it as part of my setup. 
3. I set up the auto type window in my Comment section as follows 
"Auto-Type-Window: *"
4. I opened a gedit window and performed my Global Auto Type shortcut by 
pressing Ctrl+Shift+v making sure to continue holding down the Ctrl and Shift 
keys until the letter t is entered.  If I continue holding the Ctrl and Shift 
Key down while the auto-type is performed, the problem will manifest shortly.  
5. I start typing in my gedit window with lowercase letters, everything looks 
fine.  As soon as I enter an uppercase letter using the shift key, the Shift 
key begins to behave as if it is stuck down.  To fix this, I have to reboot, or 
do Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F8 (this rarely works for me).

Workaround:
So the key to this workaround is to not hold down your modifier keys when the 
auto-type begins.  To make sure I have time to release my modifier keys, I have 
changed the Pre-Gap in advanced settings (Extras -> Settings -> Advanced) to 
1000ms.  This gives me 1 second to get my pinky finger off of the Shift and 
Ctrl keys before the auto-type begins.

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KeePassX 0.4.3 bricks keyboard in Ubuntu 10.04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608396
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