Public bug reported: The failure to auto repeat happens in all terminal apps I've tried in Artful. If I open a virtual console, it looks like a phantom is typing ^@ about once per second. This prevents successfully typing a password, and is probably what is breaking autorepeat in the GUI terminals, although they don't show the ^@. Gnome terminal and guake also can't stay scrolled up in the buffer for more than a second before popping back down to the bottom.
This problem happens in the Ubuntu desktop or Gnome and it doesn't matter if I pick the xorg or default Wayland options. It happens under both the open source and proprietary nvidia drivers. It also happens with a newly created user with no home directory baggage. xev reports a constant stream of the following about the same frequency as the ^@ in console: KeyPress event, serial 62, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001, root 0x1dd, subw 0x0, time 2243032, (20,-13), root:(1375,501), state 0x10, keycode 221 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False If I boot into a recovery shell, the problem does _not_ appear. My system was built with a fresh install of 17.04, installed my usual packages, then upgrade to 17.10 when the problem began. I'm certain it was not present in 17.04 for the few days before I upgraded. There were similar bugs reported a decade ago, but didn't help me. Expectation: Hold down any key in terminal window. After a moment, the letter should repeat until key is released. Actually: Key will repeat 0 or a few times, but stop repeating before I release the key. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.24.2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Mon Oct 9 10:43:56 2017 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-05 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-05 (3 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722298 Title: keyboard autorepeat not happening when I hold down any key To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1722298/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs