On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 08:43:23AM -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new > one. > > My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboards keep > maniacally repeating keys. > > occasionally it seems almost spontaneous but likely i hit one return and it > keeps typing return > until i hit another key then it stops. > > when I try with another ps2 keyboard, same problem > > no problem with a usb keyboard. > > it started when I moved to a new motherboard with 6 core processor.
I would first suspect the ps2 port on the motherboard. I was going to
suggest trying a USB keyboard through a ps2 adapter, but I'm not sure
that would isolate any areas of investigation.
Cheers,
Tom
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