This is not a kernel bug. It happens in Windows and DOS as well, but
especially in Windows. It is a BIOS issue related to having a cheap
keyboard. Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do about it except look
for a BIOS update. However, when I got a new, high quality keyboard, the
problem went away and never came back, even on different computers. There
is a company who still makes the old style keyboards like IBM used to ship
in the 1980s. They are heavy, durable and solidly built. The keyboard
controller doesn't seem to have a problem with repeating keys on those.
They way a lot and make more noise, but they're the best keyboards out there
and are impossible to break. I can find more information and links if
people are interested. If you've been around computers for a while and
remember the original IBM PC keyboard, that's what I'm talking about. They
can last a lifetime without showing any signs of damage.
On 5/13/2012 11:05 AM, Robert Lewis wrote:
I have had a key sticking issue on my HP Laptop for many versions of
Ubuntu. When it happens
the last key pressed starts spewing out the repeated letters across the
screen, I can interrupt it by
hitting another key typically and the I have to erase all the errant extra
characters. I have not figured
out how to fix it as yet. It isn't a horrible bother as it happens rarely
for me.
Cheers,
Bob
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Grant Bowman <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
My friend Alex let me borrow his functionally unusable zareason laptop.
I reproduced the key sticking/repeat problem that seems to be kernel
related. Has anyone else encountered this? Bug URLs are below with more
details. This is believed to be tracked back to a very old, specific
kernel version but reproduces for me using both ubuntu 10.04's kernel as
well as ubuntu 12.04's kernel.
Grant
On May 3, 2012 12:05 PM, <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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