I've thought about this and I'm now convinced that it's a console-setup problem and not an X bug at all.
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xorg-server => console-setup ** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson Target: None => ubuntu-6.10 -- on first boot, keyboard under X repeats forever https://launchpad.net/bugs/66929 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs