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Jo Even Skarstein wrote:
> Jo Even Skarstein skreiv:
>>
>> I will try another keyboard.tbl (or perhaps with no table), but I'm 
>> not sure what you mean with "right keyboard.tbl". I've made the 
>> keyboard.tbl I use myself, so it's not unlikely that there could be 
>> something wrong with it. However, I don't see how a faulty 
>> keyboard.tbl can cause an intermittent problem. After all, it's just 
>> a lookup-table and it should either work or not work at all.
>
>
> I tried with no keyboard.tbl, the problem is still there. I also wrote 
> a small test-program that polled the shift-status using both 
> evnt_multi() and Kbshift, and they both reported the same when a key 
> (Control, Alt or either Shift-key) got "stuck". So the problem appears 
> to be related to the kernel.
>
> Is it only me who's experiencing this problem? I've seen it on my 
> laptop  running Aranym and on my Milan. Have not had the opportunity 
> to test it properly on my Falcon yet.
>
> Jo even
>

I missed the beginning of this but I have a problem with sticking keys.  
It's usually the "n" key.  And usually into airc or toswin2 window.  
There's no escaping it other than to reboot from what I found.

Thanks,
mark