spurious keyboard events
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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philomela_sidhe |
Bug Description
1/10 of every keypress behaves as if the key is continuously pressed. For example, I type a web address and I get http://
Keyboard repetition is at the default values.
This occurs in Gnome, KDE, and even outside X (CTRL+ALT+F1).
This problem occurs only in Ubuntu 6.06LTS.
This problem did/does not occur in: Ubuntu 5.10, Knoppix 5.0, PC-BSD, Windows XP Pro, FreeDOS,...
The problem appears to be unrelated to hardware, because it appears with the following hardware:
* Logitech Cordless keyboard on USB
* Logitech Cordless keyboard on PS/2
* plain vanilla keyboard on PS/2
Steps to reproduce the problem:
* installing a clean Ubuntu 6.06, no installation of any extra software, and running the update. (sudo apt-get update)
Problem started somewhere in august, after an update. Before that, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS worked perfectly for more than a month.
Measures taken to mitigate the problem:
disabled keyboard repetition.
Now the modifier keys (ctrl, alt, shift,...) "sometimes" behave as if they are sticky.
Also, some keypresses get lost. This is also independent of the keyboard, typing speed *or* the person using it.
This is still annoying but does not cause a hang.
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exact the same problem here on kubuntu (now using edgy beta).