There isn't anything in top that looks like an issue, gnome-shell was at the top with a about 9% CPU.
Disabling all extensions does not fix the issue. I did see some errors in the systemd journal related to PCI, these appeared a few seconds after trying to use the up and down keys. Errors in journalctl -f: Apr 07 07:25:55 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: Multiple Corrected error received: 0000:00:1c.7 Apr 07 07:25:55 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID) Apr 07 07:25:55 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: device [8086:9d17] error status/mask=00000041/00002000 Apr 07 07:25:55 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: [ 0] RxErr Apr 07 07:25:55 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: [ 6] BadTLP Apr 07 07:26:22 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: Corrected error received: 0000:00:1c.7 Apr 07 07:26:22 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID) Apr 07 07:26:22 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: device [8086:9d17] error status/mask=00000001/00002000 Apr 07 07:26:22 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: [ 0] RxErr Apr 07 07:27:15 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: Corrected error received: 0000:00:1c.7 Apr 07 07:27:15 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID) Apr 07 07:27:15 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: device [8086:9d17] error status/mask=00000001/00002000 Apr 07 07:27:15 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: [ 0] RxErr Apr 07 07:27:38 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: Corrected error received: 0000:00:1c.7 Apr 07 07:27:38 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID) Apr 07 07:27:38 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: device [8086:9d17] error status/mask=00000001/00002000 Apr 07 07:27:38 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: [ 0] RxErr Apr 07 07:27:56 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: Corrected error received: 0000:00:1c.7 Apr 07 07:27:56 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID) Apr 07 07:27:56 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: device [8086:9d17] error status/mask=00000001/00002000 Apr 07 07:27:56 robin kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.7: AER: [ 0] RxErr Running lspci returns: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] (rev 07) 00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 08) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21) 00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21) 00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 21) 00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 21) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21) 00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1) 00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #8 (rev f1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 21) 00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21) 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21) 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21) 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1922766 Title: UP and DOWN keys behave erratically Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Since the last update, a couple of days ago the UP and DOWN arrow keys don't work properly. They are either slow to react or don't work at all, very occasionally they work as expected. It is only limited to these two keys. I don't think it is a hardware issue because if I boot my laptop up with another operating system it works fine. I checked to see if my bios needs updating, but it doesn't. Also I have tried starting with an older kernel and the problem is still there so I think this has something to do with xorg and/or gnome. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-70.78-generic 5.4.94 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-70-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Apr 6 17:22:59 2021 DistUpgraded: 2020-09-19 18:59:22,820 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8)) DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] [8086:1916] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] [1043:1280] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-03 (1614 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:58d2 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX310UA ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-70-generic root=UUID=eee950f6-e946-46ab-9616-45ba24e1f588 ro SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-09-19 (198 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/17/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: UX310UA.305 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: UX310UA dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX310UA.305:bd04/17/2019:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnUX310UA:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnUX310UA:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: UX dmi.product.name: UX310UA dmi.product.sku: ASUS-NotebookSKU dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.14.1+20.04.20200211-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.102-1ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 xserver.bootTime: Mon Sep 21 17:29:50 2020 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4 xserver.video_driver: modeset To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1922766/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp