I have a little more information which I hope can help to pin down the source of this problem.
I turned off 'repeat keys' in the keyboard settings, so that no key repeats when pressed down. This is a nuisance for arrow keys, but is an improvement. I now get single 5's rather than repeated strings of them. So instead of paying out £555555555... I now only lose £5 :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580732 Title: wireless keyboard - repeating characters unattended To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1580732/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
