Keyboard going crazy

[Robert E. Butts]

On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 14:26 +0200, Dieter Schicker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a strange behavior on two of my ubuntu machines: The keyboard out
> of a sudden gets totally crazy like when you press e.g. the "r" key it
> writes out 1000s of "r"s and the bell rings - I mean it's funny to
> watch, but some people in my lab do not have the same humor as I have.
> The two machines are running on completely different hardware by the way
> that's why I think that it's not a hardware issue.


Don't overlook the obvious:  Alt-F2, gnome-control-center, and check
your settings under Keyboard, especially the typematic (repeat) rate.  

You might also try switching keyboard layouts.

I'd also try another keyboard.