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Ultra 27 / OpenSolaris 06/2009. Keyboard layout randomly changes

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Dave

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Nov 20, 2009, 4:27:47 PM11/20/09
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I'm getting a bit fed up with this. Every now and then (few days), the monitor
is displaying different characters to what I intend typing.

Shift-3 displays a #, not a �, as I expect on my UK keyboard
Shift-2 displays @ rather than ", as I expect on my UK keyboard.

I've got no idea what starts this annoying behavior. Logging out and back in
again restores normality.

Any ideas?

bash-3.2$ cat /etc/release
OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_111b X86
Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 07 May 2009


bash-3.2$ uname -a
SunOS hawk 5.11 snv_111b i86pc i386 i86pc


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Oscar del Rio

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Nov 20, 2009, 5:43:08 PM11/20/09
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Oscar del Rio wrote:

> Dave wrote:
>> I'm getting a bit fed up with this. Every now and then (few days), the
>> monitor is displaying different characters to what I intend typing.
>>
>> Shift-3 displays a #, not a �, as I expect on my UK keyboard
>> Shift-2 displays @ rather than ", as I expect on my UK keyboard.
>
> Check/disable the Gnome Virtual Keyboard, usually found on the top
> panel's Notification Area.

sorry, it's actually called "Input Method Switcher", not virtual keyboard.

Oscar del Rio

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Nov 20, 2009, 5:41:45 PM11/20/09
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Dave wrote:
> I'm getting a bit fed up with this. Every now and then (few days), the
> monitor is displaying different characters to what I intend typing.
>
> Shift-3 displays a #, not a �, as I expect on my UK keyboard
> Shift-2 displays @ rather than ", as I expect on my UK keyboard.

Check/disable the Gnome Virtual Keyboard, usually found on the top
panel's Notification Area.

Dave

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Nov 20, 2009, 8:20:11 PM11/20/09
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Thank you. I'll take a look at that next time the machine goes up the creeks.
The tool appears to auto detect the keyboard correctly, as being a UK keyboard.

The machine was bought new, with the right (type 7) keyboard and mouse, so I'm
not using some older unsupported keyboard.

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