Optionkey always returns "up"

[Thomas McGrath III]

True about the log out. But now I always check for food first.
I do check connections as well (this is the easiest to check) and then 
restart to make sure all drivers reload.

Tom

On Mar 31, 2004, at 8:53 AM, David Squance wrote:

> If logging out to the finder solved the problem, it's not likely food. 
>  Nor
> the other problem I've encountered, which was very strange.  On one
> keyboard, the numberpad 6 would suddenly start returning a 1, though 
> the 6
> in the row at the top was normal.  Unplugging the keyboard and 
> plugging it
> back in would fix it for awhile.  I also had a similar USB thing with a
> mouse which returned only horizontal movement occasionally.
> Dave
>
>> This happens a lot a an office here near me.
>> After months of trying to figure this out it turns out that they like
>> to eat lunch over the keyboard.
>> I'm not kidding.
>> I took the keyboard apart and there was a piece of dried fruit under
>> the option key.
>> It also happened to the space key a couple of times.
>>
>> This may not be the same problem you are seeing but after that I 
>> always
>> check for food first.
>>
>> P.S. Even after this they still eat over the keyboard. Some people 
>> will
>> not learn or change.
>>
>> True story.
>>
>> Also, I had an old desktop keyboard that the nine key liked to stick
>> from time to time but that would stick in the down position and not in
>> the up position. I replaced the key itself and it worked for awhile.
>> The only thing I've seen to stick in the up position was the food 
>> item.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> On Mar 31, 2004, at 8:32 AM, Jan Decroos wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> It happens from time to time one of our users can't use "the
>>> optionKey" as a
>>> modifier anymore.  It returns (after a while) always "up".  We
>>> currently don't
>>> know what's the reason of this : is it Revolution, is it the Finder,
>>> is it
>>> AppleShare, is it a kernel extension, ... ??
>>>
>>> The user has to logout (in the Finder) to have the optionKey 
>>> available
>>> again.
>>> Quitting the application isn't enough.
>>>
>>> Has anyone the same expierence ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jan
>
>
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