moschi

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everytime i use the backspace key, it adds a "w"

if i use delete i'm fine, but if i make a typo & use backspace it adds the w.

example

i type:

"linuc" then press backspace, it changes it to "linuw"

any clue what is going on??

i'm running fedora.

J.W.

Sounds like your keyboard has some kind of issue. Have you tried using another one? -- J.W.

moschi

i'm using a kyv or whatever it's called to use one keyboard & mouse to switch between 2 comps. this & my windows machine, but it was fine in windows.

anyway, i don't know what was wrong. i'd tried unplugging in & plugging it back in, logging out, rebooting. anyway, it just stopped. i have no clue why, but oh well, i just hope it doesn't happen again.

J.W.

If you are using a KVM (which stands for keyboard, video, mouse) switch between a Linux box and a Windows box, and the KVM is a Belkin, then I wouldn't be surprised if you have problems. I ran into similar incompatibilities when I was using a Belkin KVM, where it would switch from Windows to Linux once (or vice versa) but then if I tried to switch back, I got a lot of unpredicatble behavior.

My original question could be rephrased like this: Assuming you have the keyboard attached directly to the PC in question, does it always type a "w" instead of a backspace? If so, it sounds like the keyboard is damaged in some way. If you can connect a different keyboard, and it works correctly, you can assume that there's something wrong with your first keyboard. -- J.W.

moschi

i'ts a cables to go port authority kvm. seems fine, except that one spell.
i had tried plugging it right into the box & it still did it for a little bit. then it stopped & once i put it back on the kvm it was fine. so i don't really kno wwhat was wrong, but it seems fine now, so no worries

thanks for the help though