OK... that kernel has run over the weekend and has shown no problem:
bladernr@klaatu:~/Downloads$ uptime 08:31:32 up 4 days, 16:48, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.26, 0.30 bladernr@klaatu:~/Downloads$ uname -a Linux klaatu 3.3.0-030300rc4-generic #201208202102 SMP Mon Aug 20 20:06:58 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I did a day and a half normal work and then a weekend worth of intermittant usage and have not seen a single atkbd message appear in dmesg logs... the trackpad DID finally go wonky last night, after roughly 4 days of use, but the keyboard has remained stable thus far. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984265 Title: Keyboard becomes all but unusable after Precise runs for so long To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/984265/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs