On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Daniel Gimpelevich <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 23:33 -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: >> This is not a kernel bug. It happens in Windows and DOS as well, but >> especially in Windows. It is a BIOS issue related to having a cheap >> keyboard. Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do about it except look >> for a BIOS update. However, when I got a new, high quality keyboard, the >> problem went away and never came back, even on different computers. There >> is a company who still makes the old style keyboards like IBM used to ship >> in the 1980s. They are heavy, durable and solidly built. The keyboard >> controller doesn't seem to have a problem with repeating keys on those. >> They way a lot and make more noise, but they're the best keyboards out there >> and are impossible to break. I can find more information and links if >> people are interested. If you've been around computers for a while and >> remember the original IBM PC keyboard, that's what I'm talking about. They >> can last a lifetime without showing any signs of damage. > > I have always had this issue on this laptop on every version of Ubuntu > but never under Windows. It is a very well-known kernel bug that has > nothing to do with the physical keyboard.
Thank you Daniel! I have the name of someone at Red Hat that might be able to help soon. Asheesh mentioned the lkml might be the best place to follow up with this. Do you or anyone you know participate in the Linux Kernel Mailing List? https://lkml.org/ Since we have a reproducable case we can give them this zareason hardware to work on this long standing issue if it will help. The trick to helping solve this problem is gathering the right data as the problem is reproduced. Grant -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
