V key not working, down key stuck only in GRUB
I was merrily editing away in nano, using CTRL (okay, Shift+t is also not working...) Ctrl+v to page down through the document. Suddenly the paging down stopped, and a bunch of Vs started appearing, as though the key was stuck. I managed to stop it by pressing some other keys, and then realized that I could no longer page down through ctrl+v. I later realized that V was also no longer working, so I tried pressing all the keys, which didn't work, so I rebooted.
On rebooting I noticed that the down arrow seemed to be stuck, so grub tried to choose the bottom option in the boot menu. Pressing down to try to unstick the key didn't work, but holding down the up key eventually managed to get to the top option and I was able to boot. Funny thing is, the down key is only stuck in boot.
I think this is a software issue due to the sudden appearance after using nano, and the "t works, but Shift+t doesn't" issue I discovered writing this question. I've tried resetting all keyboard shortcuts in system settings, and rebooting the laptop multiple times. It is a laptop, so unplugging and re-plugging the keyboard is rather involved, and something I haven't tried yet. Inserting V from Characters and pasting by right-click is getting kind of old.
TL;DR: V key is not working at all, down key stuck only in BIOS, t works but Shift+t doesn't. This happened while using nano. Tried resetting keyboard shortcuts, computer is a laptop. Ideas?
Ubuntu 18.04, kernel 4.19.9
EDIT: While it appears that there is some input while initially booting (the notification for the shortcut keys for system setup and boot menu comes up) the down arrow is not actually stuck in BIOS, only in grub.
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I was merrily editing away in nano, using CTRL (okay, Shift+t is also not working...) Ctrl+v to page down through the document. Suddenly the paging down stopped, and a bunch of Vs started appearing, as though the key was stuck. I managed to stop it by pressing some other keys, and then realized that I could no longer page down through ctrl+v. I later realized that V was also no longer working, so I tried pressing all the keys, which didn't work, so I rebooted.
On rebooting I noticed that the down arrow seemed to be stuck, so grub tried to choose the bottom option in the boot menu. Pressing down to try to unstick the key didn't work, but holding down the up key eventually managed to get to the top option and I was able to boot. Funny thing is, the down key is only stuck in boot.
I think this is a software issue due to the sudden appearance after using nano, and the "t works, but Shift+t doesn't" issue I discovered writing this question. I've tried resetting all keyboard shortcuts in system settings, and rebooting the laptop multiple times. It is a laptop, so unplugging and re-plugging the keyboard is rather involved, and something I haven't tried yet. Inserting V from Characters and pasting by right-click is getting kind of old.
TL;DR: V key is not working at all, down key stuck only in BIOS, t works but Shift+t doesn't. This happened while using nano. Tried resetting keyboard shortcuts, computer is a laptop. Ideas?
Ubuntu 18.04, kernel 4.19.9
EDIT: While it appears that there is some input while initially booting (the notification for the shortcut keys for system setup and boot menu comes up) the down arrow is not actually stuck in BIOS, only in grub.
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I was merrily editing away in nano, using CTRL (okay, Shift+t is also not working...) Ctrl+v to page down through the document. Suddenly the paging down stopped, and a bunch of Vs started appearing, as though the key was stuck. I managed to stop it by pressing some other keys, and then realized that I could no longer page down through ctrl+v. I later realized that V was also no longer working, so I tried pressing all the keys, which didn't work, so I rebooted.
On rebooting I noticed that the down arrow seemed to be stuck, so grub tried to choose the bottom option in the boot menu. Pressing down to try to unstick the key didn't work, but holding down the up key eventually managed to get to the top option and I was able to boot. Funny thing is, the down key is only stuck in boot.
I think this is a software issue due to the sudden appearance after using nano, and the "t works, but Shift+t doesn't" issue I discovered writing this question. I've tried resetting all keyboard shortcuts in system settings, and rebooting the laptop multiple times. It is a laptop, so unplugging and re-plugging the keyboard is rather involved, and something I haven't tried yet. Inserting V from Characters and pasting by right-click is getting kind of old.
TL;DR: V key is not working at all, down key stuck only in BIOS, t works but Shift+t doesn't. This happened while using nano. Tried resetting keyboard shortcuts, computer is a laptop. Ideas?
Ubuntu 18.04, kernel 4.19.9
EDIT: While it appears that there is some input while initially booting (the notification for the shortcut keys for system setup and boot menu comes up) the down arrow is not actually stuck in BIOS, only in grub.
keyboard keyboard-layout
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I was merrily editing away in nano, using CTRL (okay, Shift+t is also not working...) Ctrl+v to page down through the document. Suddenly the paging down stopped, and a bunch of Vs started appearing, as though the key was stuck. I managed to stop it by pressing some other keys, and then realized that I could no longer page down through ctrl+v. I later realized that V was also no longer working, so I tried pressing all the keys, which didn't work, so I rebooted.
On rebooting I noticed that the down arrow seemed to be stuck, so grub tried to choose the bottom option in the boot menu. Pressing down to try to unstick the key didn't work, but holding down the up key eventually managed to get to the top option and I was able to boot. Funny thing is, the down key is only stuck in boot.
I think this is a software issue due to the sudden appearance after using nano, and the "t works, but Shift+t doesn't" issue I discovered writing this question. I've tried resetting all keyboard shortcuts in system settings, and rebooting the laptop multiple times. It is a laptop, so unplugging and re-plugging the keyboard is rather involved, and something I haven't tried yet. Inserting V from Characters and pasting by right-click is getting kind of old.
TL;DR: V key is not working at all, down key stuck only in BIOS, t works but Shift+t doesn't. This happened while using nano. Tried resetting keyboard shortcuts, computer is a laptop. Ideas?
Ubuntu 18.04, kernel 4.19.9
EDIT: While it appears that there is some input while initially booting (the notification for the shortcut keys for system setup and boot menu comes up) the down arrow is not actually stuck in BIOS, only in grub.
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