[Novalug] Fedora 24 - funny space bar

greg pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Fri Jun 24 18:25:01 EDT 2016


Check the keyboard or capture the ASCII code. My guess is there is an issue
and it is not sending ASCII for space

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016, 5:59 PM Jon LaBadie via Novalug <
novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

> My laptop is still running Fedora 17 so I decided
> to try Fedora 24 - Workstation.
>
> I'm running "live" off the DVD and most things are
> working fine, except for one big thing.  My keyboards
> space bar is not giving a space.  In a terminal, the
> cursor flashes the reverse color and doesn't move.
>
> I ran xev and it reports the space bar is giving
> a "FocusOut", "NotifyGrab" on press and "FocusIN",
> "NotifyUngrab" on release.
>
> Holding the space bar down does not auto-repeat
> as others (eg letters) do.
>
> Anyone experience this type of behavior before?
>
> I certainly don't want to attempt an install
> before I figure this out.
>
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