[members at lugog] Query please re a Linux problem

[Sean Miller]

Try a Ubuntu Live CD and see if the same happens -- I'm pretty sure it
would not, certainly nothing I've encountered during my numerous years
using Linux.  If it's just a Mandriva thing perhaps it's a good time
to change your favoured distro :-)

Sean

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Ros Williams <ros.williams at wccl.co.uk> wrote:
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> Can anyone help please? I'm not a tecchie. Using Mandriva Linux
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> If I press pr screen key by accident several times, ie meaning to hit
> backspace several times and catching pr scr which is next to backspace on my
> keyboard, result is print screen dialog box opens over and over, and seems it
> will go on indefinitely. Had this problem for years. Seems can only to get
> out of it by logging off. Curious that this irritating repeating key is next
> to a much-used key rather than well out of the way somewhere...
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> Is there any way to stop this infuriating repeating, please? Logging out loses
> me any current work of mine not saved and the repeating pr.screen dialog box
> will not allow me to do anything else. If I try to save, docs don't save.
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> I tried various control key combinations. Nothing stops the repeating so far,
> but ctrl-esc will open SysGuard. Is there anything in SysGuard I could try to
> close to stop the repeating, that is if the repeating problem will even allow
> me to work in SysGuard.
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> Thanks for any help.
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> Ros W.
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