ctrl button stuck in ubuntu
 

Hi all,

I'm running Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (not sure if this matters) but I ran into a weird issue where none of my keys work correctly. What i do know is that when i press f, or any button, it acts as if the CTRL button is held down so pressing f opens up a find window.

Anybody come across this problem and how do I re-create this problem so I know how to prevent it? I have no idea how this happened.

Thank you,

Jonathan

PS i saw someone with the same post but no answers...

are you sure it's ubuntu and not your keyboard?

Fedora Development

Have you poked around in System / Preferences / Keyboard? Lots of settings in there. (I'm not familiar with those options. I just happened to notice them.)
Maybe you accidentally did something that updated something else in there... well, if you don't have peanut butter and beer dribbled down in the keys! :eek:

Just a thought...:twocents:

I have one that misbehaves that way too. I unplug it, turn it over, & spank it. This seems to unstick whatever is causing the problem.

No, I don't usually mutter "Bad keyboard, naughty, bad keyboard." while doing this.

I did that with my wireless keyboard, one day it broke and all the little plastic thingies that made contacts on it fell.... 104-105 little gummy things. Took me 6 hours to fix it. I think this was God's way of punishing me for spanking my keyboard.

I almost wish the keys on mine would pop out -- then I could clean underneath them :).

djcham, have you resolved your problem yet?