been having a weird problem when playing video games on my laptop recently and i dont know if it's a linux issue, a steam issue, or a hardware issue
Basically my directional keys get stuck when im playing games and the only way to get them unstuck is quickly double tapping them. It's not just the WASD keys either, i first noticed this issue when playing Fear and Hunger which uses the arrow keys. I noticed that it happened a lot more the bigger i made the game window, never happening when i left it in its original tiny size and happening every time i tried to move when i made the game full screen. Since i was playing Fear and Hunger (a game notorious for its bugs) I just assumed it was some of that Funger Jank i heard about and tried to live with it. Then i went to play Date Everything and I noticed that I had the same exact problem AND on top of that my space bar would frequently get stuck like my WASD keys would. At this point i was completely pissed and quite frankly i still am. I havent played ANY video games on my laptop since i realized this problem could affect any of my games.
I thought that maybe this was a linux issue since i switched to linux mint cinnamon this January and Im kind of a dummy when it comes to this sort of thing. I looked up "linux mint cinnamon wasd getting stuck" and saw 2 steam users who had the same issue but nothing else. It makes me wonder if it has something to do with Steam somehow but I really don't know. I cannot stress to you enough that this only happens when im playing video games. My WASD, space, and arrow keys DO NOT GET STUCK LIKE THIS NORMALLY.
yeah uh idk what else to put here, sorry for the long read. id appreciate any help i can get cause i am 100% prepared to just burn my laptop down and start over if that'll fix this. xoxo
