#Stuck Key On Keyboard Software Issue I#

You.I bought a used Ducky One 2 Mini recently because the new ones cost a fortune in my country and it seemed in a good condition. The N key wasn't too responsive. It has a comfy layout, but there was just one problem. Whenever I press my side mouse buttons, it will get stuck to perform an action (e.g Shift, Alt, Ctrl), but it is permanent and I cant use any other hotkeys because it Fix a Keyboard Key: I found a great keyboard in our junk pile, a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard. Key assignments on G403 mouse buttons getting stuck Hello, I was trying to troubleshoot for a while and I found someone had the same issue.

Stuck Key On Keyboard Software Issue I

The issue occurred on Windows too, same as on other Linux distros.There were some threads online that it can be caused by a Logitech mouse and as I use my G500 as my daily driver, so I tried without it for a while. To rule out any software issue I tried the keyboard with different operating systems. But after a while I was experiencing a strange behavior, the AltGr key gets stuck for no reason.Stuck keys: Stuck keys could occur because of overuse, damage to the individual key's switch, or if liquid was spilled on the keyboard.

So when I experience weird characters while typing I just hit AltGr and it would be fine again.The annoying part started when I played games. It gets stuck daily a few times, but lucky for me it gets unstuck when I press the AltGr key. That's my luck buying used.For most of the time it was not so annoying. The firmware updater from Ducky just won't detect my keyboard at all.So at that point I was sure the problem is a faulty PCB on my newly acquired 60% keyboard. But I didn't had any luck in that.

Now ( ) , ' - Alt released' ) # for logsBecause it is triggered by the software, the computer will think the key is not pressed anymore. Send ( 'altgr' ) # send a keypress to get the key unstuck # i tried to trigger a keypress with xdotool at first, but it wouldn't do the trick # but in case you want to that, here is how you could # subprocess.run() print (datetime. Sleep ( 0.5 ) # wait 500ms to see it was intentional or notKeyboard.