Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
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 -- This is not the age of pamphleteers. It is the age of the engineers. The spark-gap is mightier than the pen. Democracy will not be salvaged by men who talk fluently, debate forcefully and quote aptly. -- Lancelot Hogben, Science for the Citizen, 1938 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 01/09/2014 09:52 PM, Mitchell Laks wrote: You advise me give up too easily, David. Wiping and reinstalling from scratch has a couple of benefits: 1. You can estimate how long it will take. 2. You can leave out the cruft that has built up since the last time you installed (and this is probably what is causing the issues). 3. You have the best chance of it working. 4. If a default install doesn't work, you can make better decisions -- e.g. troubleshooting, switch to a different distribution/ version/ architecture, etc.. 5. You have a known starting point and other people can reproduce your results -- e.g. bug report, developer debugging, automated testing, etc.. The sense I am getting is that linux is moving away from support of ps2 hardware. My PS/2 machines work fine with Wheezy i386 and amd64. What do you think my posts are about? I have researched and posted. https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55373&sid=4c138a3bac92266f8464b4a9814350d4&start=60 https://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=79756 Have you tried the Asus site, or Asus fan sites? Does Asus support FOSS? David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52d0a6a0.1010...@holgerdanske.com
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 22:12 Thu 09 Jan , John Hasler wrote: > David Christensen writes: > > 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ > > different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of > > the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ > > etc. thoroughly. If/ when you're satisfied, you're done. > > Filling the drive with zeros is a waste of time. Just tell the > installer to take over the entire drive. Doesn't matter what's on it. I agree. Just follow the installer instructions and erase the partitions. > -- > John Hasler > jhas...@newsguy.com > Elmwood, WI USA > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87txdc5vbo@thumper.dhh.gt.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140110055549.ga25...@earthlink.net
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 19:51 Thu 09 Jan , David Christensen wrote: > Mitchell Laks wrote on Sun, 8 Dec 2013 15:20:22 -0500 > >> I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD > motherboard with a new CPU. > >> Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed > some many previous debian versions time ago. > > > On 01/09/2014 10:02 AM, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > Any other ideas??? > > > 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ > different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install > of the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ > etc. thoroughly. If/ when you're satisfied, you're done. If not, > wipe the system drive and try something else. ?? I haven't had to reinstall debian on my main machine in years. It would be silly Of course I am currently running debian on 25 workstations and servers at multiple sites. And I have upgraded most of them over the years with no problem. You advise me give up too easily, David. The sense I am getting is that linux is moving away from support of ps2 hardware. I saw a lot of bellyaching on the web from this bug on multiple sites. On windows as well. I walked into microcenter today and payed $12 for a cheap usb m$ft keyboard to see if it had a reasonable feel. Not bad, and with it the bug is gone for now. I will report back. I also bought a usb-to-ps2 connector for $15. I will try that too. I just feel bad about the end of a hardware era, and I still have a cache of msft internet ps2 keyboards with their good feel. > > 2. STFW for Linux and/or Debian support for your motherboard. > Search. Read. Join. Post. What do you think my posts are about? I have researched and posted. I have even tried reverting to the kbd input driver. You have to give credit for my having found that on some combination of threads somewhere https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55373&sid=4c138a3bac92266f8464b4a9814350d4&start=60 https://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=79756 I suppose I can try a second clean install to see if it still has the problem. Or else just do it with a debian live distro. but my sense is that we are not just dealing with a corrupted install. Mitchell > > HTH, > > David > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52cf6e59.8090...@holgerdanske.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140110055213.ga24...@earthlink.net
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 01/09/2014 08:12 PM, John Hasler wrote: Filling the drive with zeros is a waste of time. Just tell the installer to take over the entire drive. Doesn't matter what's on it. I zero drives: 1. For security -- e.g. destroy all old data, configuration files, etc.. 2. For disaster recovery space efficiency -- e.g. drive images with lots of zero blocks compress nicely. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52cf8371.7030...@holgerdanske.com
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
David Christensen writes: > 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ > different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of > the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ > etc. thoroughly. If/ when you're satisfied, you're done. Filling the drive with zeros is a waste of time. Just tell the installer to take over the entire drive. Doesn't matter what's on it. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87txdc5vbo@thumper.dhh.gt.org
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
Mitchell Laks wrote on Sun, 8 Dec 2013 15:20:22 -0500 >> I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. >> Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed some many previous debian versions time ago. On 01/09/2014 10:02 AM, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Any other ideas??? 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ etc. thoroughly. If/ when you're satisfied, you're done. If not, wipe the system drive and try something else. 2. STFW for Linux and/or Debian support for your motherboard. Search. Read. Join. Post. HTH, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52cf6e59.8090...@holgerdanske.com
Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
It just happened again. look at my last search on google debian kernel log My last fix has not solved the problem. Any other ideas??? Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140109180245.ga10...@earthlink.net
further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
> > So far at least, I have not had the same repeated keypresses. > > I wil continue to monitor. > > Thank you. > > A look at the bios shows a spot to shut off pnp in the bios. I will consider > that as well. I was wrong and spoke too soon. Indeed the bios command i8042.nonpnp ___helped___ to decrease the frequency of the keyboard issues which were 1. maniacal multiple typing of space and carrige return or indeed many other keys until I hit another key. 2. dropped keys (just didnt type a key until i retyped it) However it did not get rid of the problem. So what did I do. Did a lot of reading. I noticed that there is no longer a xserver-xorg-input-kbd on my system. Seems that evdev is the new way of capturing events from the keyboard and mouse so I guessed perhaps that was the problem. So I installed xserver-xorg-input-kbd then I changed the xorg.conf to add this stanza Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "base" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us,il" Option "XkbVariant"",lyx" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:scroll" EndSection then I restarted the server Now then I noticed within the Xorg.0.log this happens [ 111.503] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" [ 111.503] (==) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" [ 111.503] (==) No Layout section. Using the first core keyboard device. [ 111.503] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices. [ 111.503] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. [ 111.503] (WW) Disabling Generic Keyboard [ 111.503] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f6c75087d00 [ 111.503] (II) Module ABI versions: So Hotplugging did not alow it to be on. So I added the following section to the xorg.conf Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices""off" EndSection Now when i start Xorg again [ 1861.880] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" [ 1861.880] (==) |-->Input Device "" [ 1861.880] (==) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" [ 1861.880] (==) No Layout section. Using the default mouse configuration. [ 1861.880] (==) No Layout section. Using the first core keyboard device. [ 1861.880] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fb38c0e6d00 [ 1861.880] (II) Module ABI versions: [ 1861.880]X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 [ 1861.880]X.Org Video Driver: 14.1 [ 1861.880]X.Org XInput driver : 19.1 [ 1861.880]X.Org Server Extension : 7.0 [ 1861.880] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0) Ok now I am checking and so far, I have not had repeat of the problems of either dropped keys or spontaneous maniacal repeated keyboard presses So where do I send the but report. Clearly the autoconfiguration of ps2 keyboard via xorg is not working and I had to revert to the older kbd drivers... Thanks Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140109164054.ga8...@earthlink.net
Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 15:54 Sun 05 Jan , Mitchell Laks wrote: > very interesting I see the following > > mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg|grep i8042 > [1.220710] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > [1.220711] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is > incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp > [1.220830] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > [1.239536] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as > /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0 > mlaks@Rashi:~$ with the new kernel parameter fix I get mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg |grep i8042 [0.00] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12-1-amd64 root=UUID=a13e781b-8a7f-42f9-a7d2-20a1682a81eb ro quiet i8042.nopnp [0.00] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12-1-amd64 root=UUID=a13e781b-8a7f-42f9-a7d2-20a1682a81eb ro quiet i8042.nopnp [1.219983] i8042: PNP detection disabled [1.220346] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.220353] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 [1.240007] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0 mlaks@Rashi:~$ So far at least, I have not had the same repeated keypresses. I wil continue to monitor. Thank you. A look at the bios shows a spot to shut off pnp in the bios. I will consider that as well. Thanks Mitchell > > > > > > > You might also want to look into BIOS settings and/or upgrades, or using > > a USB-to-PS/2 adapter if you want to keep the keyboard. > > I have already upgraded to teh latest bios. However I can > both > 1. reboot with the kernel parameter > 2. look at the bios setting to see what it means > > thank you very much Andrei! > > > > > Kind regards, > > Andrei > I will report back. > It costs about the same for a new keyboard or the converter > :) > > > -- > > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser > > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > > http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140105205441.ga11...@earthlink.net > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140106043322.gb17...@earthlink.net
Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 19:57 Sun 05 Jan , Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 ian 14, 08:43:23, 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. > > > > any ideas? > > Hmm, I remember I had some trouble with the PS/2 keyboard when I > dist-upgraded (to squeeze?) an old box of mine and the fix was some > kernel parameter. Let's see... aha, it was "i8042.nopnp". Can't remember > what it does though. very interesting I see the following mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg|grep i8042 [1.220710] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.220711] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp [1.220830] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [1.239536] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0 mlaks@Rashi:~$ > > You might also want to look into BIOS settings and/or upgrades, or using > a USB-to-PS/2 adapter if you want to keep the keyboard. I have already upgraded to teh latest bios. However I can both 1. reboot with the kernel parameter 2. look at the bios setting to see what it means thank you very much Andrei! > > Kind regards, > Andrei I will report back. It costs about the same for a new keyboard or the converter :) > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140105205441.ga11...@earthlink.net
Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On Du, 05 ian 14, 08:43:23, 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. > > any ideas? Hmm, I remember I had some trouble with the PS/2 keyboard when I dist-upgraded (to squeeze?) an old box of mine and the fix was some kernel parameter. Let's see... aha, it was "i8042.nopnp". Can't remember what it does though. You might also want to look into BIOS settings and/or upgrades, or using a USB-to-PS/2 adapter if you want to keep the keyboard. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
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. any ideas? references https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15055 Keyboard's maniacal repeating http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=196 http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=9331&f=28 Keyboard repeating characters any ideas what to do. I may go buy a nice usb keyboard istead of this terrible one i would rather not use... Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140105134323.ga13...@earthlink.net
Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 09/12/2013 03:17, Mitchell Laks wrote: Microsoft first introduced StickyKeys with Windows 95. The feature is also used in later versions of Windows. Enabling To enable this shortcut, the ⇧Shift key must be pressed 5 times in short succession. This feature can also be turned on and off via the Accessibility icon in the Windows Control Panel. At first, I was concerned to see you referring to Microsoft's implementation. Searching some more I found this, from Gnome: Turn on sticky keys "Quickly turn sticky keys on and off Select Turn on accessibility features from the keyboard (above Sticky Keys) to turn sticky keys on and off from the keyboard. When this option is selected, you can press Shift five times in a row to enable or disable sticky keys." https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/3.5/a11y-stickykeys.html.en That help page also mentions a couple of other places to control the setting. Not sure if this is exactly the same as your problem, but I had very similar symptoms. Looking at this documentation, I think my 'Sticky Keys' event must have been caused by something touching the 'shift' key during a particularly awkward reshuffle of keyboards and monitor during installation. Good luck, Ron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52a59a56.6090...@tesco.net
Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 20:35 Sun 08 Dec , Ron Leach wrote: > On 08/12/2013 20:20, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > >Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many > >other letters such as space etc as well) > >i get an endless stream of repetition of that key thus > > > >dd > > > >and it will just keep on typing until I hit any key and then it stops. > > > >[snip] > > > >any other ideas to try? > > > > I had this on a recent Wheezy install. In my case it was unrelated > to our also-simultaneous hardware change, it seemed that a desktop > function named 'Sticky Keys' had been invoked. I wasn't sure how, > but I had used the keyboard while reaching awkwardly for something, > and must have triggered the function. Though it asked for > confirmation, I didn't see the dialog, and must have 'accepted' its > offer. > > Fortunately, the dialog came up again later, and I declined it; > things have been fine, since. > > I don't know what the function is or how it is controlled, but it > might be worth checking, if you can find some info somewhere. > > regards, Ron according to wikipedia: Sticky Keys is an accessibility feature to help computer users who have physical disabilities, but it is also used by others as a means to reduce repetitive strain injury (or a syndrome called the Emacs Pinky). It essentially serializes keystrokes instead of pressing multiple keys at a time: StickyKeys allows the user to press and release a modifier key, such as Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or the Windows key, and have it remain active until any other key is pressed. History Microsoft first introduced StickyKeys with Windows 95. The feature is also used in later versions of Windows. Enabling To enable this shortcut, the ⇧Shift key must be pressed 5 times in short succession. This feature can also be turned on and off via the Accessibility icon in the Windows Control Panel. To turn off once enabled, just simply press 3 or more of the Sticky Keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Windows Button) at the same time. Ok i have pressed ctl-alt-shift at the same time and let us see what happens (i then did ctl-alt again to get cancel my switch to a secondary language keyboard :) ) Let us see what happens now. Who knows what is going on Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131209031728.gb8...@earthlink.net
Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 21:32 Sun 08 Dec , Claudius Hubig wrote: > Dear Mitchell, > > Mitchell Laks wrote: > > I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD > > motherboard with a new CPU. > > > > dd > > As a starting point, you could try to switch to one of the > pseudoterminals (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and check whether it also happens > there. If it does, try to boot from a live CD and check there – if it > also happens there, it might well be some hardware issue. If it > doesn’t, we know that it’s a software problem. 1. The buggy behavior continues even in spite of a change to a new keyboard. So it isnt a keyboard hardware issue. 2. As to whether it is a true motherboard hardware issue vs X windows configuration and thus potentially solved by a switch to a pseudoterminal? I agree that working in the pseudoterminals may help sort this out, but I am in a bind here. (While writing this letter it just happened again!!! keyboard kept typing spaces. many lines worth, till i hit any key and it stopped.) If you google you will see this is reported by many people, likely X related it is not a n unheard of problem, and different explanations are offfered. However I can't just shift to a pseudoterminal, because If I work in a pseudoterminal I can edit with emacs of course, but I can't read pdf files and surf the web etc and moreover with my modern ATI radeon type card, when I tried to use the the open source radeon driver it fails to to recognize my dual monitor setup, So I must use the propriatary ati/amd video drivers and then these ban the radeon module so I get no nice framebuffer so when i go to a pseudoterminal I get only a large ugly font (think Dos 3.1 days) with 20-25 lines per screen. :) So to satisfy your curiousity I opened emacs and typed some lines in tty2 , and and manical repetivive letters did not happen in the pseudoterminal. So I think it is an x configuration thing. There are all these settings like xset r sticky keys If I google linux annoying keys repetition I come with many others complaining of a similar / identical problem: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=467040 xserver-xorg-input-kbd: Lag problem on my keyboard - keys repetition https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/599316 keyboard starts repeating the last pressed key Thus I am looking for an idea what to try to get rid of the problem, presuming it is an X configuration issue or perhaps as suggested a problem with "Sticky Keys" Thanks, Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131209030159.ga8...@earthlink.net
Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
Dear Mitchell, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD > motherboard with a new CPU. > > dd As a starting point, you could try to switch to one of the pseudoterminals (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and check whether it also happens there. If it does, try to boot from a live CD and check there – if it also happens there, it might well be some hardware issue. If it doesn’t, we know that it’s a software problem. Best, Claudius -- Please don’t CC me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131208213215.7f91b...@chubig.net
Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
On 08/12/2013 20:20, Mitchell Laks wrote: Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many other letters such as space etc as well) i get an endless stream of repetition of that key thus dd and it will just keep on typing until I hit any key and then it stops. [snip] any other ideas to try? I had this on a recent Wheezy install. In my case it was unrelated to our also-simultaneous hardware change, it seemed that a desktop function named 'Sticky Keys' had been invoked. I wasn't sure how, but I had used the keyboard while reaching awkwardly for something, and must have triggered the function. Though it asked for confirmation, I didn't see the dialog, and must have 'accepted' its offer. Fortunately, the dialog came up again later, and I declined it; things have been fine, since. I don't know what the function is or how it is controlled, but it might be worth checking, if you can find some info somewhere. regards, Ron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52a4d814.7080...@tesco.net
new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down
Hi, I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD motherboard with a new CPU. I am not sure when this problem developed, but it may be related to the above. Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many other letters such as space etc as well) i get an endless stream of repetition of that key thus dd and it will just keep on typing until I hit any key and then it stops. This happens multiple times every few minutes and is quite annoying. I tried setting xset -r and this was very annoying because you sometimes want repetition. I tried directly to xset r rate 500 30 or xse r rate 1000 30 but still I get this annoying repetition which i very irritatimg with say the conkeror browser as b keeps trying to back up the browser and filling in web forms gives me endless spaces or endless carriage returns at the commond line in a console. I tried to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-evdev as well dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-all any other ideas to try? It seems related to these problems http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=467040 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/599316 Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed some many previous debian versions time ago. Thank you, Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131208202022.ga17...@earthlink.net
