rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, on one of my computers, something was going on that caused my > insertion point to move, quite often, in an incorrect manner. > > Often, on typing any letter, the insertion point would move behind the > character I just typed (such that the next character typed would appear in > front of the previous character). This might have occurred for 20 to 50% of > the characters that I typed
> Less often (maybe 10% of the time that something went wrong (so maybe, > overall, 2.5 to 5% of the characters that I typed) maybe less), the IP moved > ahead 2 spaces so that a space would be skipped before the next character > typed. > > Aside: The IP did stay in the same line I was typing (unless it was at the > end > or beginning of a line such that they "soft wrap" of the line would move it > to > the next or previous wrapped line). Thanks for the clear problem description! > * I use the same keyboard on two computers via a KVM so I switched to the > other computer, the problem did not occur on the other computer. > > Aside: The irrelevant problem I mentioned is that quite some time ago > (several > years) I did something dumb while replacing a bad mouse (I didn't de-power) > the KVM) and damaged the mouse "input" to the KVM such that I no longer can > use a single mouse via the KVM, instead I have a separate mouse for each > computer, the mouse for the problem computer is furthest away from the > keyboard so it is impossible to accidentally make contact with it (and the > mouse pad is on a stable surface). It is now highly likely that the problem is in the KVM. > * I switched back to the computer with the problem and the problem was > still present. > > After some thought (and with crossed fingers), I rebooted that computer and > the > problem has not recurred since then. ... or in the connection between that computer and the KVM. It is extremely unlikely to be malware. -dsr-
