Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-10 Thread David Christensen
On 01/09/2014 09:52 PM, Mitchell Laks wrote: You advise me give up too easily, David. Wiping and reinstalling from scratch has a couple of benefits: 1. You can estimate how long it will take. 2. You can leave out the cruft that has built up since the last time you installed (and this is

Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-10 Thread Tom Furie
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 08:43:23AM -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new one. My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep maniacally repeating keys. occasionally it seems almost spontaneous but

further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
So far at least, I have not had the same repeated keypresses. I wil continue to monitor. Thank you. A look at the bios shows a spot to shut off pnp in the bios. I will consider that as well. I was wrong and spoke too soon. Indeed the bios command i8042.nonpnp ___helped___ to

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
It just happened again. look at my last search on google debian kernel log

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread David Christensen
Mitchell Laks wrote on Sun, 8 Dec 2013 15:20:22 -0500 I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed some many previous debian versions time ago. On 01/09/2014 10:02 AM, Mitchell Laks wrote:

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread John Hasler
David Christensen writes: 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ etc. thoroughly. If/ when you're satisfied, you're done. Filling the

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread David Christensen
On 01/09/2014 08:12 PM, John Hasler wrote: Filling the drive with zeros is a waste of time. Just tell the installer to take over the entire drive. Doesn't matter what's on it. I zero drives: 1. For security -- e.g. destroy all old data, configuration files, etc.. 2. For disaster recovery

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 19:51 Thu 09 Jan , David Christensen wrote: Mitchell Laks wrote on Sun, 8 Dec 2013 15:20:22 -0500 I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed some many previous debian versions time

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 22:12 Thu 09 Jan , John Hasler wrote: David Christensen writes: 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ etc. thoroughly. If/

Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-05 Thread Mitchell Laks
I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new one. My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep maniacally repeating keys. occasionally it seems almost spontaneous but likely i hit one return and it keeps typing return until i hit another

Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 05 ian 14, 08:43:23, Mitchell Laks wrote: I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new one. My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep maniacally repeating keys. occasionally it seems almost spontaneous but likely i hit

Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-05 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 19:57 Sun 05 Jan , Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 05 ian 14, 08:43:23, Mitchell Laks wrote: I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new one. My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep maniacally repeating keys.

Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-05 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 15:54 Sun 05 Jan , Mitchell Laks wrote: very interesting I see the following mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg|grep i8042 [1.220710] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.220711] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please

Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-09 Thread Ron Leach
On 09/12/2013 03:17, Mitchell Laks wrote: Microsoft first introduced StickyKeys with Windows 95. The feature is also used in later versions of Windows. Enabling To enable this shortcut, the ⇧Shift key must be pressed 5 times in short succession. This feature can also be turned on and off

new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-08 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. I am not sure when this problem developed, but it may be related to the above. Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many other letters such as space etc as well) i get an

Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-08 Thread Ron Leach
On 08/12/2013 20:20, Mitchell Laks wrote: Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many other letters such as space etc as well) i get an endless stream of repetition of that key thus dd and it will

Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-08 Thread Claudius Hubig
Dear Mitchell, Mitchell Laks wrote: I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. dd As a starting point, you could try to switch to one of the pseudoterminals (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and check

Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-08 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 21:32 Sun 08 Dec , Claudius Hubig wrote: Dear Mitchell, Mitchell Laks wrote: I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. dd As a starting point, you could try to switch

Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-08 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 20:35 Sun 08 Dec , Ron Leach wrote: On 08/12/2013 20:20, Mitchell Laks wrote: Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many other letters such as space etc as well) i get an endless stream of repetition of that key thus