I am also having this issue. It started happening for me when I was using ArchLinux during July of 2016; I was thinking about going back to Ubuntu, so I re-installed Lubuntu over Arch. Low and Behold, the issue persists.
My issue is worse in that usually the key(s) that will trigger this repeated key is the arrow keys, which I frequently use to scroll up and down through man pages, web pages, etc. However, when this occurs, my keyboard no longer responds to input, and my mouse will start "falling" to whichever direction the arrow key corresponds (down arrow repeat will cause my mouse cursor to continuously move to the bottom of the screen). I noticed that my dmesg was being spammed with this error too, and when I (temporarily) set the keycodes to 255, the issue persists, but the error message will go away from dmesg. If my issue seems right for another new bug thread, please let me know. I'll provide what everyone else has been providing -- welcome to provide any information I can in order to address this bug. $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS \n \l $ uname -a Linux masq-Lu 4.4.0-43-generic #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 12 13:48:03 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # dmidecode -s bios-version && dmidecode -s bios-release-date 66CN55WW 02/28/2013 Or if anyone knows generally what might be messed up, I'm pretty experienced using Linux, and I know some C... so I could theoretically fix it myself (I would post any successes I had here). Cheers -- 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/1227996 Title: [Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13] ubuntu doesn't know about Yoga screen rotation keycodes: atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e03e <keycode>' to make it known. Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The following spam litters dmesg: [36294.989706] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e03e <keycode>' to make it known. [36294.995650] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xbe on isa0060/serio0). [36294.995661] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e03e <keycode>' to make it known. [36296.016998] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xbe on isa0060/serio0). [36296.017002] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e03e <keycode>' to make it known. [36296.021894] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xbe on isa0060/serio0). [36296.021907] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e03e <keycode>' to make it known. As can be seen, this occurs frequently. It might be related, but at times, the keyboard freezes for a few seconds and then starts sending a repeating character while no keys are pressed. This behavior is not stopped unless a key (any key) is pressed. The character that is output is a special character, but I don't know what combination it is specifically. This might be related to the fact that this is a lenovo yoga 13 ideapad. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-30-generic 3.8.0-30.44 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: noobermin 1991 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: noobermin 1991 F...m pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Fri Sep 20 02:07:54 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=7d95a03d-5f38-403f-84d9-51ebca691a4b InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-31 (19 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: LENOVO 20175 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-30-generic root=UUID=6a1575e6-9b6a-4086-988e-2efda2c80fd3 ro quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-30-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-30-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: rts5139 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/22/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 66CN52WW dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: INVALID dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 31900003WIN8 STD MLT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr66CN52WW:bd11/22/2012:svnLENOVO:pn20175:pvrLenovoIdeaPadYoga13:rvnLENOVO:rnINVALID:rvr31900003WIN8STDMLT:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadYoga13: dmi.product.name: 20175 dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227996/+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
