Bug 1361839

Summary:	spacebar does not enter space
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh>
Component:	LiveCD	Assignee:	Matthias Clasen <mclasen>
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Version:	24	CC:	hugh, kallisti5, mrj, s.adam, spoole, stephenjust
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Description D. Hugh Redelmeier 2016-07-31 06:28:57 UTC

Description of problem:
spacebar generates non-space


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Released LiveCD of Fedora 24 for x86_64

How reproducible:
It has happened several times, on several machines.  I don't know whether it is always.  Seems to be consistent within one boot.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot Live CD (I actually boot from a USB, checking the medium first)
2. Try to type a space

Actual results:
No space.  Some claim that spacebar is interpreted as "zoom text" but I haven't observed this

Expected results:
space


Additional info:
Workaround: shift-space does work.

See this thread where others observe this problem: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=310369

Comment 1 Alexander von Gluck IV 2016-08-10 18:45:06 UTC

Same issue here.  Booting from Fedora 24 dd'ed onto a USB stick.  Space key non-functional.  XPS 13, QHD+ display (4kish)

Installed to M.2 SSD... issue persisted across reboot into installed OS.

Plugged in external USB keyboard... same problem.

Performed dnf update (using the holding shift solution).  Rebooted and the issue went away.

Comment 2 mrj 2016-08-19 22:03:10 UTC

Can't fix with "dnf update" if either you're running from a DVD, or your Wi-Fi password has a space in it.

Comment 3 Stephen Just 2016-08-20 19:50:17 UTC

Do we know which package causes the problem? This would be good to know for those people building custom live-cds for various purposes.

Comment 4 D. Hugh Redelmeier 2016-08-21 14:20:47 UTC

@mrj: you can enter a space by holding SHIFT down when pressing the spacebar.

This was mentioned in the fedora forum posting I linked to.

Comment 5 mrj 2016-08-21 21:35:38 UTC

Hugh:

Yes, thanks for the shift-space workaround. It allowed me to use the shell. 

However it's annoying if you're on a DVD and stuck with it; and shift-space didn't seem to work with the Wi-Fi password.

Comment 6 Shannon Poole 2016-08-25 18:42:44 UTC

I was also having this issue. A dnf update and reboot resolved it for me.

This happened on a recent install of F24. I didn't notice if it was present on the live USB during the install.

I don't know if this will help anyone debug the issue but I noticed that it only happened on the first user that I logged in as. When I switched users, the space bar worked normally, but then when I switched back it stopped working again. I assumed it was something that I had installed on one user but I rebooted and logged in as the other user first and the same thing happened. Seems strange to me.

Comment 7 Stewart Adam 2016-11-18 06:36:46 UTC

I'm able to reproduce this boot up the F24 Workstation LiveCD in VirtualBox 5.0.28 on OS X 10.12, as well as on a physical machine (Intel C226 w/ Haswell generation Xeon).

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