My Left CTRL works with some apps but not others. I did a 'xev' to check it out and got back a strange result.
Xev
The right ctrl key works with all apps
KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
root 0x179, subw 0x0, time 120780392, (246,-446), root:(301,352),
state 0x10, keycode 105 (keysym 0xffe4, Control_R), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
root 0x179, subw 0x0, time 120780545, (246,-446), root:(301,352),
state 0x14, keycode 105 (keysym 0xffe4, Control_R), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
The left ctrl Key has issues with some apps
FocusOut event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
FocusIn event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
KeymapNotify event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
What's causing this? Is there anyway to fix it? I'm just trying to get the Left ctrl to act "normal".
My system stats:
cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.5 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS"
VERSION_ID="20.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
cat /proc/version
Linux version 5.15.0-56-generic (buildd@lcy02-amd64-102) (gcc (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 9.4.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.34) #62~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 22 21:24:20 UTC 2022
UPDATE:
I created a new user account on the same machine and ran the xev test again. The left ctrl Key seems to work. Working output with using the new user is below.
The question is how do I fix this within my main login user?
KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
root 0x179, subw 0x0, time 123177372, (157,-76), root:(418,498),
state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
root 0x179, subw 0x0, time 123177509, (157,-76), root:(418,498),
state 0x4, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
The question is how do I fix this within my main login user?
