"Key presses repeat when key is held down" does not work

[Ernst]

Binary package hint: xorg

Hi,

I'm running Ubuntu Lucid Alpha 2, 64bit with kernel 2.6.32-12-generic.
I just noticed that if I press a key, it is not repeated anymore. This behavior is noticed in a terminal: it is impossible to go fast to a certain position.
If I go to Keyboard Preferences (Preferences > Keyboard), the setting "Key presses repeat when key is held down" is not ticked. However, if I tick it, holding a key results in only two key strokes. It looks like this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/127620, but as that one is rather old and one advises to fill in a new bug report, here it is.

$ apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.5+1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 29 15:36:20 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus:
 vhba, 1.2.1, 2.6.32-12-generic, x86_64: installed
 vhba, 1.2.1, 2.6.32-11-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100122)
MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7512
Package: xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-12-generic root=UUID=0f104604-00b2-4b97-962f-b48f8c29db01 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.16-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.8.0~git20100128.7280c4c9-0ubuntu0sarvatt
 libdrm2 2.4.17+git20100120.9de34e2d-0ubuntu0sarvatt2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.10.0+git20100127.918151a7-0ubuntu0sarvatt
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V3.4
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P45 Neo2-FR (MS-7512)
dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV3.4:bd03/09/2009:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-7512:pvr1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnP45Neo2-FR(MS-7512):rvr1.0:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7512
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.32-12-generic

[Ernst (ernst-blaauw)]

If it's xserver-xorg-video-ati, then it is probably not the package from Ubuntu: I'm running the xorg-edgers ppa (https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa):

$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-ati:
  Installed: 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt
  Candidate: 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt
  Version table:
 *** 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages

[Ernst (ernst-blaauw)]

Hmm, after removing that ppa using ppa-purge (and thus downgrading
xserver-xorg-video-ati), I got the same behavior. So, I do not withdraw this
bug report as it happens here also with the official Lucid package.

$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-ati:
  Installed: 1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 13:13, Ernst <email address hidden> wrote:

> If it's xserver-xorg-video-ati, then it is probably not the package from
> Ubuntu: I'm running the xorg-edgers ppa (https://launchpad.net/~xorg-
> edgers/+archive/ppa):
>
> $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-ati
> xserver-xorg-video-ati:
> Installed: 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt
> Candidate: 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt
> Version table:
> *** 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt 0
> 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
>
> --
> "Key presses repeat when key is held down" does not work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/514336
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Ernst (ernst-blaauw)]

I'm now experiencing this bug also on my laptop (Lucid alpha 2 32-bit),
which runs the binary nvidia driver. I doubt this is related to the
xserver-xorg-video-ati
package.

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 14:22, Ernst Blaauw <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hmm, after removing that ppa using ppa-purge (and thus downgrading
> xserver-xorg-video-ati), I got the same behavior. So, I do not withdraw this
> bug report as it happens here also with the official Lucid package.
>
> $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-ati
> xserver-xorg-video-ati:
> Installed: 1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1
> Candidate: 1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 13:13, Ernst <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> If it's xserver-xorg-video-ati, then it is probably not the package from
>> Ubuntu: I'm running the xorg-edgers ppa (https://launchpad.net/~xorg-
>> edgers/+archive/ppa <https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa>):
>>
>> $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-ati
>> xserver-xorg-video-ati:
>> Installed: 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt
>> Candidate: 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt
>> Version table:
>> *** 1:6.12.99+git20100129.5c112645-0ubuntu0sarvatt 0
>> 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>> 1:6.12.99+git20100126.e5933fd7-0ubuntu1 0
>> 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
>>
>> --
>> "Key presses repeat when key is held down" does not work
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/514336
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>
>

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

I also noticed this after an apt-get dist-upgrade in Lucid today. I have intel 965GM chipset, so this is not a DDX driver problem. I think both the kernel and xorg-server was upgraded. Will see if downgrading any of them helps. Moving to xorg-server for now.

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

I tried to downgrade xserver-common and xserver-xorg-core from 2:1.7.3.902-1ubuntu9 to 2:1.7.3.902-1ubuntu8, but this did not change the key repeat behaviour. Moreover, key repeat works fine both if I use xterm or kde instead of gnome or gnome-failsafe, so this is probably a gnome problem and not an xorg problem. I noticed that there were also a lot of gnome packages that were upgraded. I'm attaching a list of the packages that were installed in my last update (there were quite a few since I hadn't updated in a week). This is the output of `grep upgrade /var/log/dpkg.log | grep "^2010-01-30 18:"`.

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

I have downgraded a few suspects without success: gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-session, gnome-session-bin, inputattach, gconf2, gconf2-common, gconf-defaults-service, libgconf2-4.

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

When starting only with xterm instead of gnome, `xset q` has the lines
Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000
After running `gnome-session` which starts gnome, it is changed to:
Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat: off key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000
This remains after I choose Log out to return to the single xterm.

I have downgraded gnome-session from 2.29.6-0ubuntu1 to 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 without any change. I'm still assigning to gnome-session, since that is at least closer to the right package than xorg-server.

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

Workaround: In a terminal, write `xset r on`.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has already been reported, but please feel free to report any other bugs you find.