[bug #62047] The keystatus command fails on certain EFI hardware

[Dave Pickens]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62047>

                 Summary: The keystatus command fails on certain EFI hardware
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: drummerdp
            Submitted on: Sun 13 Feb 2022 03:18:16 PM UTC
                Category: User Interface
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Dave Pickens
        Originator Email: drummer@pobox.com
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

A cfg script uses the keystatus --shift command against a kernel generated
using grub-2.06-for-windows. The command always returns true even if the shift
key is not depressed.

This seems to be somewhat hardware dependent. The command works properly on
some machines.

The failure occurs on a a Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 notebook running in EFI
firmware mode and may also happen on other machines.




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