help with capslock problem with Vinux in VirtualBox

[Andrew Hart]

Hi folks,

I have Vinux running in a virtual machine in VirtualBox 5.0.10 on a
notebook running Windows 7 Pro (Spanish ed.). Recently I've started
experiencing a problem with Orca allowing the capslock state to be
toggled each time the capslock key is pressed. I have my Orca key set
to capslock, so it should not be toggling at all. needless to say, this
is immensely frustrating since the Linux command line is highly
case-dependent.

I hadn't used the machine for a while and when I fired it up toward the
end of last week, I noticed that capslock was toggling the caps state
every time I pressed it to use the flat review mode. Initially I thought
it might have been some interaction with JAWS, but when I have JAWS
turned off, the behaviour of the capslock is unaffected. Consequently,
I think there's something in the vm that has changed or perhaps in
VirtualBox itself that is most likely causing the problem. Heck, maybe a
Windows update could be adversely affecting VirtualBox.

I have no idea what may have changed to provoke this issue, so I thought
I'd write to ask if anyone else on the list is using Vinux in VirtualBox
and has ever seen this occur. further, has anyone any suggestions for
things to try to sort it out?
Imho, it is darn near unusable as it is.

Many thanks in advance,
Andrew.

[Rob Whyte]

Hi,

when you say the Linux command line to you mean consoles F1 through F6.

If so Orca does not control those and I believe shift caps lock will
turn it back off.

Good luck if this is not helpful.

Cheers

Rob

[Cindy-Sue Causey]

Rob's answer about using "shift" to turn it off reminded me of
something. What about this being about a key starting to get stuck due
to normal usage wear and tear?

Comes to mind to think that because I've experienced similar things a
couple times lately. I've forgotten what, just that it was keys
sticking. In my case, it's about... poverty... excessive heat making
the computer(s) do things they wouldn't do in air conditioning, for
example...

Just thinking out loud.. Good luck in your hunt for a resolution :)

Cindy :)

--
Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA

* runs with plastic sporks *

[Andrew Hart]

Rob,

Thanks for the rsponse, but it seems I forgot to mention I'm using the
command-line from a terminal (alt+ctrl+t). If I understand correctly,
Orca doesn't speak in the consoles; you have to use speakup or some
other console screen-reader, no? The problem is not restricted to the
terminal window itself. The capslock state flips no matter where I
invoke an Orca command in the gui.

Andrew.

[Andrew Hart]

Thanks for the idea, but it is only inside the virtual machine I have
the problem. Everywhere else, capslock behaves as it should.

Cheers,
Andrew.

[Zahari Yurukov]

Hi,
I also had the same problem with Ubuntu and Vinux on my Asus U31GS, and I haven't been able to find the culprit, also wrote about it to the Orca list and noone else has been able to reproduce it exactly, though I remember some similar reports.
Interestingly, I had a very similar situation under Fedora some months back, and I connected it somehow to speakup back then, though I now also have speakup under the same installation, and there's no such problem, as long as I don't switch to the virtual console.
I don't remember if speechd-up was a service under Vinux, i.e. what's the proper way to turn it on and off, but you can try the following to turn it off:
sudo killall -9 speechd-up
sudo modprobe -r speakup

I.e. it's keyboard specific, as far as I can tell, and it may or may not relate to a running speakup (I hope we'll now see if it does for you).
What's your laptop model?

--
Best wishes,
Zahari

Andrew Hart wrote:
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 09:27:46AM -0300

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[Jude DaShiell]

Did you supply your virtualbox with a virtualbox keyboard? If your virtualbox hasn't got a virtualbox keyboard, it may not mirror what you do on your real keyboard completely.

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