The Shift button swapped roles with the Play button... This meant that during a song, I pressed Shift, and the pattern stopped!


I was under pressure, and didn't understand what had happened. Anyway I tried power cycling the Yocto, and the problem was still persisting.
Oddly, about 5 minutes later, the problem went away, and Play and Shift worked as normal.
Anyone seen a problem like this before? I haven't yet opened up the device to have a look, thought I better post this up first.