[Ubuntu-US-CA] Repeating keys kernel bug

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 23:33 -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: 
> This is not a kernel bug.  It happens in Windows and DOS as well, but 
> especially in Windows.  It is a BIOS issue related to having a cheap 
> keyboard.  Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do about it except look 
> for a BIOS update.  However, when I got a new, high quality keyboard, the 
> problem went away and never came back, even on different computers.  There 
> is a company who still makes the old style keyboards like IBM used to ship 
> in the 1980s.  They are heavy, durable and solidly built.  The keyboard 
> controller doesn't seem to have a problem with repeating keys on those. 
> They way a lot and make more noise, but they're the best keyboards out there 
> and are impossible to break.  I can find more information and links if 
> people are interested.  If you've been around computers for a while and 
> remember the original IBM PC keyboard, that's what I'm talking about.  They 
> can last a lifetime without showing any signs of damage.

I have always had this issue on this laptop on every version of Ubuntu
but never under Windows. It is a very well-known kernel bug that has
nothing to do with the physical keyboard.