Unexpected keyyyyboard repeatssss, kernel latency issue?

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 7/18/06, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> since upgrading FC5's kernel my keyboard seems someeeeetimes to get
> stuck only to (falsly) register a too long pressed key. The above
> "sometimes" just happened the way I describe.
>
> The system is otherwise not on load or doing anything relevant. In
> fact it's mostly idling.
>
> The previous (working) kernel was 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5. I can't say for
> sure whether it's the kernel update that broke it or something else,
> but checking rpm -qa --last doesn't reveal anything else that could
> mess with my keyboarrrrrd (the r's are also genouine).

This is usually a BIOS bug, although I've seen reports that it can be
worked around with some kernel boot parameters.  I'll guess that
you're using a dual core CPU in an Asus motherboard?

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