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atticarch

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From: Basement

Registered: 2024-02-04

Posts: 37

[SOLVED] Keyboard-Stutter In Games

Can't seem to find a fix or anyone who has the same issue (all other posts seem to be talking about "ghost stuttering" or input-lag), so I figured I'd give it a shot and make a post here. Been bugging me for awhile, and can't play a good chunk of my games because they'd be less enjoyable with a controller/Steam-input.

I've tried with two different keyboards, and used to dual-boot alongside Windows where it worked fine, so I know it isn't a problem with my hardware. The best way I can describe it is that it doesn't register that I'm playing a game and instead seems to think that I'm typing into a document: instead of me moving right by holding down the D key (input: hold D), it'll register my input as repeating D (input: DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD). Sometimes it'll hold it down properly for a couple seconds (or even for something like five minutes), but it'll start doing it again not too long after.

Controllers work perfectly fine, but they aren't preferred for a lot of games like Terraria or Starbound. I uninstalled ibus (I use fcitx5 for everything anyway and haven't encountered any issues since deletion) and unchecked the box for ennumerating key-repeats in fcitx's settings, but neither did anything.

Is this a known problem with Proton/Wine or Hyprland? Am I missing something? I have a vague memory of turning on a setting that might be the culprit, but I'm near-certain I've flipped over every stone in that regard, so perhaps not?

Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[SOLVED]

Turned out to be an issue with proton at the time. Sorry for not editing this earlier: I'd forgotten about it by the time it was fixed.

Last edited by atticarch (2025-08-24 17:58:41)

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TanteRoot

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Registered: 2026-03-23

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Keyboard-Stutter In Games

problem seems to be back on current versions.
using lutris or steam, same stuttering.
is there anything we can try?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,099

Re: [SOLVED] Keyboard-Stutter In Games

Yes open a new thread and be absolutely sure this only affects Proton/Wine and is not a general issue with either the hardware (test a different OS) or the kernel (test a known working kernel)

FWIW I can't reproduce, but you need to provide more details in a thread that's not two years old.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

Closing.