Accessibility (mouse keys and sticky keys) Features bugged on startup
Affected version
Fedora 35 and 36, GNOME 42 and 43. Wayland.
Bug summary
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/qz01e8/accessibility_functions_are_bugged/
It started immediately after upgrading unmodified F34 to F35. I am a user of the accessibility functions, specifically Sticky Keys and Mouse Keys and briefly On-Screen Keyboard. The on-screen keyboard works fine. The other two are stuck somehow. The accessibility menu says they're both on. They are, but they're in this bugged state. This is on both the login screen and after login. For sticky keys, for example, I can't do key combinations (like super then s), the sift key also doesn't "shift" (switch letter case or or swap numbers for symbols), and control and alt [I have right alt set to be a normal alt, not a character selector; both don't work] don't work either. I know it's bugged because pressing [supper] doesn't pull up the applications screen. And for mouse keys, [0] and [del] won't drag and release, [+] won't double click, and yes, I set it to activate when numlock is off and numlock is off. I know its bugged because I can't use the non-numerical functions of the keys. The only way to fix it is to turn both off then on again using the top-bar accessibility menu. This is tedious! Every time I power up, I have to turn them both off and then on again (order doesn't matter). It works at and after login. Both work fine after being manually turned off then on. I've tried tracking down the config files and adjusting the delay with no luck. I've only used linux full time for two years now. I'm a moderately technical user -- not advanced 10 year linux veteran (obviously) but not a PEBCAK or grand-parent by any means. DuckDuckGo and google are useless… This bug was present on a clean F35 install!
Steps to reproduce
power up gnome 42/43 to the login screen. both sticky keys and and mouse keys indicate they're on — but they're bugged/unresponsive. same after login.
What happened
the features indicate that they're on. both. however trying to make normal modified key-combos — until being re-toggled — have no effect.
What did you expect to happen
have both automatically function as indicated without having to be manually re-toggled (off then back on).
Relevant logs, screenshots, screencasts etc.
i cannot find enough info or stack frames. the ABRT log has no meaningful info.