Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 120937
pressing backspace on the keyboard prints "q", using kvm and logitech keyboard
Last modified: 2007-04-18 13:06:02 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.2) Gecko/20040308 Description of problem: Hi, When pressing the backspace key within X, the backspace is performed but then a "q" is printed, again I have seen this occur when using the tab and delete keys also the function is performed but is then proceeded by printing the letter "q". I am using a Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Logitech Optical Mouse. They are conencted to a Belkin KVM (OmniView� ENTERPRISE Series Dual-Port PS/2 KVM Cable), which goes between one of my XP servers and my Red Hat 9 server (HP pavilion intel P4 2.8, i686). This problem only occurs in X on the Linux server, and doesnt occur on the windows XP machine. Additional I have found a forum where many others are seeing the same problem but on varying HW and OS release: http://linuxquestions.org/questions/history/91258 Additionally I have noticed that if you press the backspace button and then quickly start typing, it is not until you stop typing or pause, that the letter "q" is printed. Thanks, Mark Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Press either the backspace, tab or delete key 2. Problem occurs Actual Results: After pressing one of the above buttons the letter "q" is printed, e.g. # echo hellop <press backspace, then letter "q" appears> # echo helloq Expected Results: The character should be removed and the "q" should not appear. Additional info: There is a workaround in the fact that you do not press the backspace, etc keys and use the mouse to highlight and then press space or something, but it should not be occuring.
I had this happen once with a "K" always appearing on FC2 when switching on my Belk** KVM switch and getting erratic mouse behavior. I can't reproduce, though :-( I had to reboot.
Ok, I don't know if this is related, but I figured out that when using nano, if I use any of the special keys, like Insert, End or Home, it replaces them with, for instance, F for End. I don't get anything for the Backspace, tab, or delete key.
Some people appear to be having the same issue on http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&postid=1196287#post1196287
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