Caps Lock, Shift key doesn't work

My MBA late 2010 caps lock, they shift key doesn't work. Is there anyone knows how to fix and solve my problem, please?

Hey reandel,
I'd check out the recommended troubleshooting steps within the following document:
One or more keys on the keyboard do not respond
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1381
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Best,
Delgadoh

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Plugins usually are installed externally to Firefox. However, you can disable them in Firefox so that Firefox does not use them.
SearchReset is supposed to automate the task of resetting certain preferences, but you still can edit them manually if necessary.
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(1) In a new tab, type or paste '''about:config''' in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.
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Usually it works to choose your preferred search engine from the drop-down. To remove an unwanted search engine plugin, usually the Manage Search Engines... choice at the bottom of the drop-down takes care of it.
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Hi!
I have a strange problem for a while. If I hold down the shift key and type the computer releases it itself. Example: I press down the shift key and type some upper case chars and suddenly I am writing lower case chars without releasing the shift key! I already tested another keyboard and nothing changed. And I have the feeling that the problem only occurs with Linux, not with Windows, which is installed on the same computer. But I dont know for sure, because I don't spent mach time with windows ;-)
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Section "Device"
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Driver "nvidia"
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
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Last edited by Murray_B (2009-12-02 20:05:45)

Okay, the question if the problem occurs in console was good - no it doesn't!
I played a bit and started X11 with only xterm (no windowmanager) and there
were no problem. I had also no problem with openbox and xterm. So I moved
away my xfce-config and started with a clean one. No problem. I add
everything of my config again (one thing after another) - and there are no
problems any more!?!? Don't know what happened, but I could work again,
thank you!
Thomas

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