Comment 91 for bug 264196

@Gumby- Yes, you would need to restart. The file rc.local runs when your computer boots up (just before Gnome loads). The one "problem" with this fix is it briefly displays the terminal screen just before gdm loads, which isn't nice visually, but it at least makes the computer usable.

@Rich Wales- Sorry, yes- I mean USB keyboards. I can't even remember the last time I used a PS/2 one. I had the key repeat problem on a total of four machines- 3 laptops and 1 desktop (mix of home and work) with USB keyboards. This fixed the problem on all of them.