[Virtualacorn-list] Mystery carriage returns

[Tim Powys-Lybbe]

You wrote on 7 May at 8:31:

> On 06 May, Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > In a message dated 06/05/2009 16:21:32 GMT Daylight Time,
> > <ATimbrell at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > [Snip]
> 
> >  
> > > A "stuck" key (i.e. one that autorepeats without being asked)
> > > happens when a key down event is received, but there is no
> > > corresponding key up event.
> >  
> > > You can often generate the key up even yourself by hiting (hammer
> > > optional) the key that's "stuck". This adds yet another key down
> > > event, but also should generate the required key up event.
> > > Hopefully this will stop the auto repeattttttttt.
> >  
> > > This applied to both real and virtual machines, and also to a
> > > number of non RISC OS computers.
> 
> > Aaron
> 
> > This has been very helpful. This evening I have had two of these
> > events when coming back from the XP desktop to the full screen RISC
> > OS desktop. On both occasions a single prod of the return key has
> > fixed the problem apparently permanently and enabled me to continue
> > working without any need to reboot. Many thanks.
> 
> I get this phenomenon on my Iyonix fed through a KVM.  Since this
> happened after installing a replacement KVM and PS2 to USB converter,
> my first thought ws the KVM which I'd bought from CJE.  Andrew Conroy
> assured me the faault lay with the PS2 to USB converter.  I haven't
> yet changed as it involves a lot of furniture movement to reach it.
> I'll report back.

The KVM is not the sole cause of this as I have had the same auto-repeat
happen, very rarely though, without a KVM as I do not have one in-line
for my VARPC use.  I hope I will remember when it next happens to press
the repeating key to stop it; I usually pressed anything other than
that.

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Tim Powys-Lybbe                                           tim at powys.org
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