Guys. I have this problem for a long time.
In large number of times when I type letter "y", like in "you" my typing cursor jumps 2-3 rows up or 1-2 words to the left.
I am unable to understand why. Could it be something with lap-top keyboard? Typing rate?
CentOS 5.5 Gnome, I mostly use Firefox and Thunderbird.
Ljubomir
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
In large number of times when I type letter "y", like in "you" my typing cursor jumps 2-3 rows up or 1-2 words to the left.
The only times I have ever seen anything like this was due to a bad keyboard or a bad KVM switch. Does it behave the same way in a non-X session or at BIOS level?
Steve
Steve Thompson wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
In large number of times when I type letter "y", like in "you" my typing cursor jumps 2-3 rows up or 1-2 words to the left.
The only times I have ever seen anything like this was due to a bad keyboard or a bad KVM switch. Does it behave the same way in a non-X session or at BIOS level?
Can't say. It is my personal lap-top. But I think I have seen the same behavior on my CentOS 5.6 desktop, but right now I can not be sure.
I am atypical keyboard user. I often have problems when I try to use the <Shift> key, I press it but it is like I have not done so, and I can reproduce this on at least 3 separate keyboards, and this jumping. Hmmmm, just now it jumped 7 rows up + ~35 char to the right, but on the "this" word from last sentence. But it does not happen that often to warrant reinstall or something similar.
I am just wondering if someone knows what might be happening.
Ljubomir
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:30:43 +0200 Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
I am atypical keyboard user. I often have problems when I try to use the <Shift> key, I press it but it is like I have not done so, and I can reproduce this on at least 3 separate keyboards, and this jumping.
Large fingers, small keyboards, careless typing (or all of the above) could be causing you to press more than one key at a time, unintentionally creating different control combinations.
On Saturday 09 July 2011 23:30:43 Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
Steve Thompson wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
In large number of times when I type letter "y", like in "you" my typing cursor jumps 2-3 rows up or 1-2 words to the left.
The only times I have ever seen anything like this was due to a bad keyboard or a bad KVM switch. Does it behave the same way in a non-X session or at BIOS level?
Can't say. It is my personal lap-top. But I think I have seen the same behavior on my CentOS 5.6 desktop, but right now I can not be sure.
Maybe you scratch the laptop's touchpad with your palm when you reach for the "y"? I've seen a lot of people complaining about bad design/positioning/sensitivity of touchpads on their laptops. Some go even as far as completely disabling the touchpad because it interferes with their typing.
Hook up an external keyboard to the laptop. If you can reproduce the problem with that, then think about software or hardware failure. If not, I'd suggest shutting down the touchpad, or learn to reposition your hands while typing. ;-)
HTH, :-) Marko
On 7/10/11, Ljubomir Ljubojevic office@plnet.rs wrote:
Can't say. It is my personal lap-top. But I think I have seen the same behavior on my CentOS 5.6 desktop, but right now I can not be sure.
I am atypical keyboard user. I often have problems when I try to use the <Shift> key, I press it but it is like I have not done so, and I can reproduce this on at least 3 separate keyboards, and this jumping. Hmmmm, just now it jumped 7 rows up + ~35 char to the right, but on the "this" word from last sentence. But it does not happen that often to warrant reinstall or something similar.
I am just wondering if someone knows what might be happening.
Sounds familiar to me. Which is why the first thing I do on my Thinkpads is to disable the trackpad :D
I will never buy a laptop that didn't have a trackpoint or equivalent.
On 10/07/2011 00:10, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
Guys. I have this problem for a long time.
In large number of times when I type letter "y", like in "you" my typing cursor jumps 2-3 rows up or 1-2 words to the left.
I am unable to understand why. Could it be something with lap-top keyboard? Typing rate?
CentOS 5.5 Gnome, I mostly use Firefox and Thunderbird.
Check your key modifiers, sometimes they get stuck - serves us right for eating biscuits at the keyboard.
By key modifiers I mean (Ctrl-L, Alt, AltGr, Ctrl-R, Fn etc...)
Giles Coochey wrote:
On 10/07/2011 00:10, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
Guys. I have this problem for a long time.
In large number of times when I type letter "y", like in "you" my typing cursor jumps 2-3 rows up or 1-2 words to the left.
I am unable to understand why. Could it be something with lap-top keyboard? Typing rate?
CentOS 5.5 Gnome, I mostly use Firefox and Thunderbird.
Check your key modifiers, sometimes they get stuck - serves us right for eating biscuits at the keyboard.
By key modifiers I mean (Ctrl-L, Alt, AltGr, Ctrl-R, Fn etc...)
I do not have that problem now so .... I just did it again, and yes, it is my thumb hitting trackpad with the middle joint. I just managed to minimize Thunderbird.
Thanks all, I never thought about that possibility.
Ljubomir
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