On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 9:00 AM, walt<w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: > >> try this: Type some text, like >> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and then hold left arrow. Your >> cursor will move to the left until you release the key. Now try to >> hold the right arrow after you've already been holding the left arrow. >> It will start to move to the right. Previously, it would continue >> moving to the right after you released the left arrow. Now, the >> keyboard repeat STOPS once you release the PREVIOUS key. So, in other >> words, the repeating of the right arrow is stopped when I release the >> left arrow... which causes the cursor to stop, and causes me to become >> aggravated. :P > > Not very helpful, sorry, but I'm running the most recent 2.6.30 from > Linus and I don't see the same thing here. I'm not running the gentoo > kernel, though, so things may not be comparable. > > Have to say that I've never held down both arrow keys at the same time > before today.
Apparently I do it all the time and never realized it. It affects all repeatable keys, not just the arrows, and it is driving me crazy. :) Thanks for testing! I will keep searching... I will also add that I am using a USB keyboard, in case it matters.
