** Description changed:
In Intrepid on my Dell Inspiron 500m, key repeat stopped working for all
keys both on the laptop's keyboard and an external USB keyboard.
+ Repeat works in the console, but not in GDM or the X desktop.
+
This has happened before, but a reboot has fixed the problem. This time
- repeat is disabled even after reboot. Repeat works in console, so this
- seems to be an Xorg problem.
+ repeat was disabled even after reboot. Only shutting down and restarting
+ the computer fixed the problem.
+
+ Repeat stopped working while I was typing in Emacs.
None of the following tricks (some mentioned in comments to other bugs about
key repeat problems) work in my case:
- xset r on
- xset r 113
- xset r 116
- xset r rate 10 50
- sudo kdbrate -d 1 -r 50
- Option "AutoAddDevices" "off" followed by logout/login
- adjusting repeat options in the keyboard layout settings
- toggling and adjusting the slow keypress option in keyboard accessibility
settings
- logging out and in
- rebooting
My kernel is
Linux veli 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 22 17:22:40 UTC 2009 i686
GNU/Linux
I also just got a kernel upgrade, and the problem persists:
Linux veli 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686
GNU/Linux
+
+ The problem has appeared on earlier kernels, too, and if my memory
+ serves correct, also on Hardy.
I'm using dual-head on Intel 855GM. My keyboard layout is a standard
Finnish layout.
$ xinput list
"Virtual core keyboard" id=0 [XKeyboard]
Num_keys is 248
Min_keycode is 8
Max_keycode is 255
"Virtual core pointer" id=1 [XPointer]
Num_buttons is 32
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is 0
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 0
Axis 1 :
Min_value is 0
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 0
"<default pointer>" id=2 [XExtensionPointer]
Num_buttons is 9
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
Axis 1 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
"Generic Keyboard" id=3 [XExtensionKeyboard]
Num_keys is 248
Min_keycode is 8
Max_keycode is 255
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key repeat stops working, no trick restores it
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323157
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