[WBEL-users] Keyboard repeat problems with HP

[Will Senn]

Jesse Rosenzweig wrote:
>
> I installed whitebox linux ( release 4 respin 1 ) on a new HP (AMD - 
> 2GHz) machine.  I pretty much used all the defaults for the install 
> and everything works great, except when I try to type in any 
> application (a terminal is the easiest to see it in), I will 
> intermittenly get a spewing of very fast key repeates, so if I try to 
> type 'ls' for example I will get llllllllsssssssss.  I have had to 
> disable the "key presses repeat when key is help down" feature in the 
> system settings of GNOME to work around this problem.  I have tried 
> different keyboards and different keyboard connections (USB and PS/2), 
> but always the same problem.  Adjusting the delay and repeat speed 
> doesn't seem to change the erronious behavior.  Because this same 
> thing happens with VNC, I don't believe it could be a driver problem, 
> but I'm not familiar with the inner workings of the keyboard driver 
> and interface into the OS.  Does that help?  Any idea! s?
>  
>
Durn it! One should read the whole thread before commenting. But 
occasionally one needs to do something really, really dumb, just to feel 
human.

Anyhow, does the problem occur if you boot straight into a console? or 
just in X?

Later,

Will
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