None of those command will work. When I still had the affected Dell unit I tried everything. The keyboard controller is skipping interrupts for keydown events, hence your key will get stuck. I trashed my Dell laptop and switched to a Thinkpad with proper Linux support and testing.
Alessandro Toppi LinkedIn: profilo <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alessandro-toppi/60/b88/67a> Il Mar 9 Set 2025, 15:15 André Desgualdo Pereira <[email protected]> ha scritto: > Actually "xset r rate 1000 25" didn't help. > > Neither did booting with any of these: i8042.nomux i8042.reset > i8042.dumbkbd i8042.nopnp i8042.unlock. > > I ended up disabling key repeat completely with "xset -r". > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2093376 > > Title: > Random keys "stick" repeating until any key is pressed > > Status in linux-signed-hwe-5.15 package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Bug found on the brand new Dell Vostro laptop with preinstalled Ubuntu > 20.04 LTS. > > Any key at any random moment (might be once an hour or more often) may > "stick" repeating itself like I would holding it pressed. Any other or > the same key must be pressed to stop this. It's not a hardware > keyboard issue itself, since it happens with the external keyboard as > well, but not happens on other OS on the same computer. > > Other users reported facing this bug too mostly with Dell laptops on > 20.04, 22.04 which are still in LTS and I'm providing links here > because some useful research is done there which may help to locate > the issue. > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1446583/ubuntu-22-04-infrequent-random-key-sticking-on-dell-g15-5521-that-immediately-c/1494501 > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1454666/keys-start-repeating-as-if-they-were-stuck-ubuntu-20-04-and-others-on-laptop > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 > Package: linux-image-5.15.0-126-generic 5.15.0-126.136~20.04.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-126.136~20.04.1-generic 5.15.167 > Uname: Linux 5.15.0-126-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.27 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: skip > CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME > Date: Fri Jan 10 00:10:40 2025 > DistributionChannelDescriptor: > # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs > # For more information see > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor > canonical-oem-somerville-focal-amd64-20200502-85 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-10-08 (93 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary > 20200502-05:58 > SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe-5.15 > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-signed-hwe-5.15/+bug/2093376/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2093376 Title: Random keys "stick" repeating until any key is pressed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-signed-hwe-5.15/+bug/2093376/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
