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cdysthe

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Registered: 2009-11-20

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Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Hi,

When running KDE 4 I have an annoying problem: Randomly a key starts to repeat endlessly until I hit the same key repeatedly. It's really bad when I for instance delete an e-mail with the "Del" key and it sticks and deletes tens of emails before I get it to stop. It can happen with any key, but it only happens in KDE 4 on Arch. And idea what the problem may be?

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Hi,

When running KDE 4 I have an annoying problem: Randomly a key starts to repeat endlessly until I hit the same key repeatedly. It's really bad when I for instance delete an e-mail with the "Del" key and it sticks and deletes tens of emails before I get it to stop. It can happen with any key, but it only happens in KDE 4 on Arch. And idea what the problem may be?

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17380

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cdysthe

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Registered: 2009-11-20

Posts: 62

Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Hi,

When running KDE 4 I have an annoying problem: Randomly a key starts to repeat endlessly until I hit the same key repeatedly. It's really bad when I for instance delete an e-mail with the "Del" key and it sticks and deletes tens of emails before I get it to stop. It can happen with any key, but it only happens in KDE 4 on Arch. And idea what the problem may be?

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17380

Thanks! I am relatively new to Arch, but this one I should I have found myself!

d7wang

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Registered: 2009-05-17

Posts: 23

Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

I noticed that too, but I am using gnome. I am almost certain it has noting to do with the hardware because my three machines have all got the same problem, although quite rare.

1311219

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-01-09

Posts: 121

Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Does anyone have problem with mouse scroll buttons randomly repeating as well? Both that and the mentioned problem appeared today for me (might have existed before, but only noticed it now).

lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

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Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Do you have USB keybd?

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cdysthe

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Registered: 2009-11-20

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Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Do you have USB keybd?

If you are asking me the answer is not. This is a laptop.

cdysthe

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Registered: 2009-11-20

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Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

I noticed that too, but I am using gnome. I am almost certain it has noting to do with the hardware because my three machines have all got the same problem, although quite rare.

If it happens on Gnome also this may be an Arch problem. Maybe even the kernel? I do not know enough about these things to figure it out. So this is just an assumption.

mrunion

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Registered: 2007-01-26

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Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Does this sound familiar:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=86278

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whompus

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Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

This was happening to me but has not happened yet since I upgraded to xorg-server 1.7.3-1 yesterday, I'm using a laptop and kde4 on x86_64 system.

lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

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Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Occured again today at initial log-in passwd...had to remove and re-install keybd.

X86-64 and kde4 latest upgrades.

Dec 12...again at boot-up ....no keybd.

Last edited by lilsirecho (2009-12-12 16:58:12)

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d7wang

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Registered: 2009-05-17

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Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Do you have USB keybd?

Not for USB keyboard only. In fact, one of my machine is using USB keyboard but the other one is using a P/S2 one. The keyboard of my laptop is also recognized as a P/S2 keyboard, I guess.

d7wang

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Registered: 2009-05-17

Posts: 23

Re: Uncontrolled key repeat in KDE 4

Does this sound familiar:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=86278

Pretty much the same. Now it seems to be a more general problem.