Re: [orca-list] Orca on my Fedora 17: big-time key problem

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Hi, Al,

Sounds like you've got a key locked somewhere.  Sometimes, the simplest
solution is the one most easily overlooked.  Have you checked if your insert
or kp insert key is stuck?  What happens when you tap it a few times.  Does
this problem persist after restarting the machine?  I've had this happen to
me in windows with Jaws.  It's extremely frustrating and makes you want to
toss your pc out the nearest window to the accompaniment of gleeful and
maniacal cackling and a lot of jumping up and down.  Rapid tapping usually
solves it.  One time, though Jaws wasn't the culprit.  A family member had
typed on my keyboard with sticky fingers from eating a monte cristo
sandwich.  It's one of those yummy ham and cheese sandwiches that are deep
fried, covered in powdered sugar and then served with raspberry dipping
sauce.  DELICIOUS!  Anyway, I had to get rid of the keyboard and get a new
one because the key was never quite the same even after I cleaned it with a
q tip.  

Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of Al Sten-Clanton
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:38 AM
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: [orca-list] Orca on my Fedora 17: big-time key problem

Greetings!

I've been using my new Linux machine with some decent luck since Sunday. 
  It's running Fedora 17, as the subject line says, and Orca 3.4 something.
I presume the version of Gnome is essentially the same.

This morning, somehow, the keystrokes screwed up.  When I hit the spacebar,
for example, I get Orca preferences; even then, I must hit escape to
actually get to the various preferences.  When I hit the letter t by itself,
I often get the time, and this should require using the Orca key.  The
pass-through should require the Orca key plus the backspace, but pressing
the backspace alone does this today.  In order to type a command, I had to
precede each of its keystrokes with the backspace.  All of this has made
using that machine mighty difficult.

I seem to have been using Firefox when this occurred.  I do not know how it
happen, though.  I checked the list of key bindings for Orca, and all seemed
as it should.

Any help would be very greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

Al
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