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Suddenly the key "p" stoPPed working at certain Places. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 - Gnome 3.18. I found that someone had the same issue here, but there is no solution Posted.

  • "p" works in Activities Overview of Gnome
  • "p" works in tty (ctrl +alt+ f1)
  • xev doesn't register "p" correctly
  • xmod shows the mappings correctly
  • "p" does not work in new X-server
  • "shift + p" works
Rui F Ribeiro
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Nishan Jain
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    Look for a grab on the key p. Follow the steps in http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/23164/manipulating-x-key-and-pointer-grabs-on-the-command-line/62254#62254 – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Nov 27 '16 at 21:59
  • I tried sleep 1; xdotool key XF86LogGrabInfo followed by Pressing "p". The log at /var/log/Xorg.0.log showed no new information. Looks like xdotool does not detect p – Nishan Jain Nov 28 '16 at 00:27
  • Note that you need to press and hold p (it must be held down at the time xdotool key XF86LogGrabInfo runs). – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Nov 28 '16 at 00:37
  • Yes, I tried that. I also tried sleep 1; xdotool type p ; echo and outPut is blank. if I try sleep 1; xdotool type a ; echo , the ouPut is a. It robably means xdotool is not detecting "p" key – Nishan Jain Nov 28 '16 at 00:52
  • So I disabled all the gnome-extensions and rebooted. the "p" key started working again. I am not sure which gnome-extension is causing the issue but at least I know the cause – Nishan Jain Nov 28 '16 at 02:04

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So I disabled all the gnome-extensions and rebooted. the "p" key started working again. I am not sure which gnome-extension is causing the issue but at least I know the cause

Nishan Jain
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