Just chiming in to say that this bug affects me too. Asus K55n laptop with Ubuntu 13.04. It randomly acts like sticky keys are enabled. A minute ago I hit ctrl and it acted as if I was holding ctrl until I logged out. Extremely annoying!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
