Linux Mint KDE 16 - Copy & paste shortcuts stopped working
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Completely weird problem here. The primary keyboard shortcuts don't work. The secondary DO work. I can also copy & paste using mouse but who does that???
It worked until it stopped, I don't know what changed. The primary (CTRL+C/X/V) are configured as the defaults. I have a shortcut for a show desktop widget set to META + D, that doesn't work either. Copy & pasting works on Chromium, but not on Kate text editor, Dolphin, even on Yakuake (the terminal manager, there the shortcuts have an added shift, like CTRL + SHIFT + V) Any ideas? Thanks. |
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Odd. Can you please try to use the options from the Edit menu in Kate to perform copy/paste operations to see if that works?
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Yes!
That's the weirdest thing, using the menus I can do it. I can right click on a file, use cut and then right click to paste it. But most key combinations don't work. Ctrl + Z, to undo, doesn't work either, for example. |
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OK, this is SO weird.
I had 2 layout languages. Russian was the default (I'm learning the language and for the on screen keyboard to work, I need to keep it as default). Latin american Spanish, the secondary. Most of the time I use it in Spanish. So, the error was present when using it in Spanish. I just had the crazy idea that maybe it was using the keys in Russian for the system commands. I deleted Russian and now it's working!!! Should I report a bug? I mean, if the text is entered in a language but the system commands in other, it sounds like a bug to me, it drove me completely crazy! |
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If you were able to type successfully using the Spanish layout, then it is likely that it was active. The only way to tell what is happening exactly would be to restore the broken configuration and observe the output of "xev" while pressing the various shortcut keys.
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My meta key doesn't work anymore too. I used it with tab to switch between activities, and ignored the problem for a while. So it might be relevant since may.
xev reports nothing when I press meta, windows, or menu. G1..G9 works, it is a Logitech G15, configured as Logitech via G1-daemon but the issue remains with any other generic layout. I'm not sure but perhaps the same problem exists with my notebook, I'll check it tomorrow. (works well). Any idea how to proceed?
Maybe not relevant for the keyboard layout but just in case...
And last but not least to have the display working even after hibernate:
Linux version 3.14.4-1-ARCH (nobody@var-lib-archbuild-testing-x86_64-tobias) (gcc version 4.9.0 20140507 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 13 16:41:39 CEST 2014 KDE 4.13.1 PS: It was just the joystick switch of the keyboard that disables all Windows keys. That's really embarrassing for me  .
Last edited by Heiko Tietze on Sat Jul 19, 2014 10:32 am, edited 1 time in total.
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If it doesn't prevent you from using the device, could you try temporarily disabling the G15 daemon just to ensure it isn't the cause of the issue?
Also, check for any remnant xbindkeys scripts which could potentially be causing this.
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