Three or four arrow keys at the same time required.

I sometimes play a browser game that is much like the dancing game, and it sometimes requires me to press 3 or 4 arrow keys at the same time. It does not seem to detect when a third or fourth arrow key is being pressed, in any application. Is there anything I can do about that?

Is the problem the way the keyboard was built, or is there some kind of setting I can change, or is there some kind of program I can download from somewhere that would fix my problem?

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I just noticed that in the Macbook Pro Retina that I bought recently there's no way to press more than 2 arrow keys at the same time, or at least the system does not seem to handle it.
All other keys can be pressed at the same time without any problems, so I think that the problem affects only the arrow keys.
I'm surprised that in a modern computer can exist this type of limitation
I think Apple should update the system to allow this - car gamers like me will thanks or feel less disappointed...
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
GM

@kalos
Uninstalled everything PA, also uninstalled mangler which was the only thing that depended on PA. It didn't work anyway.
No pulseaudio --kill command so I couldn't run.
Checked systemd journal and there is no mention of PA this time.
Checked top, and grepped ps aux and there is no PA there either.
I also rebooted the machine completely just to make sure. However VLC and HTML5 have the same incompatibilities.
_ vlc Videos/anime/fmab/01.mp4
VLC media player 2.1.5 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-49-gdab6cb5)
[0x1bc30f8] pulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused
[0x1af4118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
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Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
[0x7fb604001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display
But the video and audio did work until I ran some HTML5 video, after which the audio worked, and then I opened it again and it didn't work...
@nomorewindows
I see. That's too bad. At least we're not alone.
Last edited by Greduan (2014-11-14 01:34:29)

Is there a way to detect two keys at the same time?

Is there a way to detect the keys if the user is holding two keys down at the same time?

yes, but you'll have to check outside of the event loop (i.e. don't check for it in the keyPressed method).
just use an array of keys that keeps track of which keys are currently down and which are up. you could use a boolean array but I use an int array because... Im not sure I've just done it probably because of my C background. anyway, basic setup:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
public class MultiKey extends JFrame {
     int keys[];
     public MultiKey() {
          super();
          keys = new int[256];
          Arrays.fill(keys,0); // 0 = key is up
          enableEvents(AWTEvent.KEY_EVENT_MASK);
          show();
     public void processKeyEvent(KeyEvent e) {
          // the 0xff below binds the key code to below 256
          int key = (e.getKeyCode()&0xff);
          if (e.getID() == KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED) {
               keys[key] = 1; // 1 = key is down
          else if (e.getID() == KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED) {
               keys[key] = 0; // 0 = key is up
     protected boolean isKeyDown(int key) {
          return (keys[key] != 0);
     protected boolean isKeyUp(int key) {
          return (keys[key] == 0);
}so now at any time in your code you can check key state by using the isKeyUp and isKeyDown methods. this is about as close as you get to input polling in java unless you use LWJGL or something similiar ;)
you can try out a full executable example at my site here - just open up the jar and start holding keys down :)

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I seem to recall hearing something similar but generally, toggling Airplane mode has been the fix. Between you and Lex, you seem to have covered most of the troubleshooting basics. The only thing I can think of that you haven't done is resetting network settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings. You will lose any saved WiFi passwords.
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very weird. I am seeing this via the keyboard viewer. Something very weird happening. Also if I am not using my Mac, it asks to shutdown , sleep, etc. Anyway, I can reprogram these keys?
Hard to =type this.

If your computer works with an external keyboard, like you stated in another thread you started in this forum, you have a hardware issue. Contact Apple and get it serviced. No one here can help you.

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The problem is, following along the online(rug) upgrade section (Section 5.4.5), I see it says only to download the move-to-oes2-sp3 patch, after which there are more rug commands, some configuring, and at least one reboot. It doesn't explicitly say anything about a move-to-sles10-sp4 patch (except that it cannot be used to upgrrade OES2 SP3) until Section 7.4.1, Updating the Server Base form SLES 10SP3 to SLES10 SP4.
So... they're done sequentially, OES, then SLES? Or am I off here? That would mean for a time, the server is running as OES2sp3/SLES10sp3. That doesn't seem to meet the "same time" requirement.
But if they are to be done simultaneously, which is what "same time" means to me, then I'm at a loss.
Does the move-to-oes2-sp3 patch automatically add the move-to-sles10-sp4 patch? That seems to be hinted at by line 5 of Section 5.4.5 Performing the Upgrade: " Install the recommended patches that are in the channels using rug up -t patch -g recommended && rug ping -a." (But why then have Section 7.4.1?)
I don't have the luxury of development or test servers to play around on, being tight budgeted, our servers are in production- I have to get this right.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by smflood
lpphiggp wrote:
> I was reading through the inst-oes-lnx.pdf doc (for OES2sp3) to upgrade
> our OES2sp2 server, and section 5.2.2 clearly states, "You must upgrade
> SLES 10 and OES 2 -at the same time-". This line is confusing me
> badly.
>
> The problem is, following along the online(rug) upgrade section
> (Section 5.4.5), I see it says only to download the -move-to-oes2-sp3-
> patch, after which there are more rug commands, some configuring, and at
> least one reboot. It doesn't explicitly say anything about a
> -move-to-sles10-sp4- patch (except that it cannot be used to upgrrade
> OES2 SP3) until Section 7.4.1, Updating the Server Base form SLES 10SP3
> to SLES10 SP4.
>
> So... they're done sequentially, OES, then SLES? Or am I off here? That
> would mean for a time, the server is running as OES2sp3/SLES10sp3. That
> doesn't seem to meet the "same time" requirement.
>
> But if they are to be done simultaneously, which is what "same time"
> means to me, then I'm at a loss.
> Does the move-to-oes2-sp3 patch automatically add the
> -move-to-sles10-sp4- patch? That seems to be hinted at by line 5 of
> Section 5.4.5 Performing the Upgrade: " Install the recommended patches
> that are in the channels using rug up -t patch -g recommended && rug
> ping -a." (But why then have Section 7.4.1?)
>
> I don't have the luxury of development or test servers to play around
> on, being tight budgeted, our servers are in production- I have to get
> this right.
The "move-to-oes2-sp3" patch will take care of upgrading the underlying
SLES10 SP3 to SLES10 SP4 at the same time as upgrading OES2 SP2 to OES2
SP3.
Do NOT try applying the "move-to-sles10-sp4" patch on your OES2 server
unless your server is already at OES2 SP3 but on SLES10 SP3 - there was an
oddity with OES2 SP3 where it didn't fit the "OES2 SPn is only supported on
SLES10 SPn+1" rule as was originally supported on SLES10 SP3.
If you're unsure, please post the output from "cat /etc/*release" and we
can advise which patch you need to install.
HTH.
Simon
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner
And I strongly suggest making sure you have the ability to do the offline media upgrade in case something goes wrong. We had horrible luck with the online/channel method from OES2 SP2 to OES2 SP3 upgrades getting stuck sometime after the "move to" script executing and not completing.
Never had the media method not work, however.

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parent_rec_spec||P1
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