Comment 27 for bug 272293

Happening to me using 16.04
Usually notice it has turned off while in VScode or bash, or while typing a comment into a bug report about the issue.
I have noticed it turn of mid typing; use arrow key to move over (working), go to delete (not working)

uname -a
Linux **** 4.15.0-106-generic #107~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 4 15:40:05 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lspci | grep -i nvidia
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK110 [GeForce GTX 780] (rev a1)
05:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK110 HDMI Audio (rev a1)

If anyone has figured out a hack/workaround for this thing that is apparently never going to be fixed, I would appreciate hearing about it.