linukrutox.blogg.se - Control keys not working

The solution is to keep pressing the keyboard shortcut until you are back to the keyboard layout you normally use (the number of presses depends on the number of languages for keyboard layouts you have activated). On Mac OSx, the keyboard shortcut is "CMD+SPACE" or "CMD+ALT+SPACE" to change the language of the keyboard layout. This means that a keyboard press on the shortcut "ALT+SHIFT" (for instance to write a special character) changes the keyboard layout language from the existing to another language making it hard to know which key is assigned to what character. On most computers, two languages are set up per default. On Windows, the keyboard shortcut "ALT+SHIFT" (left keys) are used to change the language of the keyboard layout. This might cause the inability to write certain Danish symbols like æ, ø or å. That will be the final proof that is (or not) a software issue.This issue can sometimes be caused by an accidental change of the keyboard language.

Disabling sticky keys (I I'm quite sure this started after a long-press-shift-episode)ĭidn't had the chance to boot with a Linux live distro.

To change the layout and then bring it back to the right one.

I thought I could save myself some time asking in the place were IT wizards are gathered if they have bumped into this kind of problem.

I've searched Google and found some similar complaints but no consistent solution.

I insist that I find it strange that an hardware flaw would cause both CTRL to fail and not any other key.

I've been doing a lot of gigantic data transfer between external hard drives and I didn't wanted to stop it a lot of times and during quite some time to do a classic reboot and troubleshoot.

Let me tell you why I didn't took the efective path of test and fail: Uncle Ben wouldn't like to see you making fun of my arachno-injury.