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arcane

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[40dx] Laptop keys and strange behavior
« on: January 20, 2009, 01:58:34 pm »
System: Dell Inspiron 6400 with Vista.

Trigger: Adjust the brightness of back light, or the volume of the speakers using Fn+Foo keyboard shortcuts.

Behavior: Every key press also registers as left arrow.

Work around: minimize window before changing volume or brightness.  Use a USB keypad to reduce chance of accidental key strokes.
« Last Edit: January 23, 2009, 03:13:09 pm by arcane »
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Re: Laptop keys and strange behavior
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2009, 06:08:15 pm »
What version?  Is it regular 40d, or one of the 40dX experimental versions?
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Re: Laptop keys and strange behavior
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2009, 12:42:24 pm »
Whoops

Version:  Currently observed in 40d9. Previously observed in other 40dX versions.  Will test under 40d and report.
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Re: Laptop keys and strange behavior
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2009, 12:44:45 pm »
Quote from: arcane on January 21, 2009, 12:42:24 pm
Whoops

Version:  Currently observed in 40d9. Previously observed in other 40dX versions.  Will test under 40d and report.

Testing under "vanilla" 40d does not reproduce the bug.
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Re: Laptop keys and strange behavior
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 03:32:00 pm »
does it register when no keys are pressed?
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arcane

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Re: Laptop keys and strange behavior
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 08:41:21 pm »
Quote from: eerr on January 22, 2009, 03:32:00 pm
does it register when no keys are pressed?

I'm not sure I understand the querry, but with no keys pressed down it does not scroll to the left.
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Re: [40dx] Laptop keys and strange behavior
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2009, 01:52:48 am »
*bump*  I'm not going to make a thread about the same issue.  I just upgraded this morning from 40d to 40d9, and my HP dv9847ca laptop's keyboard and DF are not getting along, whereas vanilla 40d and it did.

If I try to use the media keys, then DF will interpret some of them as keypresses (volume up = b, vol down = c, mute = d, etc).  As well, if I press right, then down, then release down, with the arrow keys, right stops as well, which is rather annoying.  +,-,*,/ also don't work nearly as smoothly as they did in 40d, either.
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