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Subject: Re: Weird Xsun cap lock problem
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Date: 6 Apr 89 15:02:34 GMT
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<Date: Wed, 5 Apr 89 21:52:24 EDT
<From: Robert L. Krawitz <rlk@Think.COM>

<Are you sure it's the caps lock that's stuck?  This happens to me
<fairly often, but it's actually the shift key that's stuck.  I can
<verify this by typing keys that aren't shifted by capslock, and by
<clicking the mouse -- it acts as shift-click rather than caps-click.
<It happened under X10 as well, and it happens to me with uwm.
<
<The fix is to keep pounding on one and/or both shift keys while typing
<and clicking the mouse.  Eventually whatever caused the problem in the
<first place seems to undo itself.

Have you tried: hold down one shift key, while holding it down, press
down on the other shift key, then release both shift keys, one after the
other?  It works for me.

David