[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy)

[David Oftedal]

That's very difficult for me to guess, legolas... But the mailing list
thread quoted on http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9147 seems
to indicate that modifier keys such as Ctrl and Alt were handled the
same way in 2.4 as all keypresses are in 2.6; that is, they weren't
released until a keyup event was registered. For me at least, it's
primarily the Ctrl key that's creating a problem in the first place,
although there are a few glitches involving the mouse or other keys from
time to time.

As mentioned in the other thread, though, if the bug you're experiencing
is bug #9147, you should be able to temporarily clear it up by hitting
Ctrl-Alt-F1, which somehow resets the keyboard driver, perhaps by
attempting to switch from X to the console. It's just a way of working
around the bug, of course, but it's much, much quicker than exiting all
one's applications and restarting X.

If, on the other hand, this trick doesn't work for you, there's a chance
that we're dealing with more than one bug.

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Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy)
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