keyboard problems

[Nelson Abramson]

Thomas Graichen wrote:

> i have a little keyboard problem on my blueberry imac with the
> standard usb keyboard: whenever i type something very quickly
> followed by space the typed in will be repeated before the
> space (best example: i want to type "cd " and get "cdcd ")
> - this gets a bit annoying - does anybody have the same
> problem (or even a fix for it) ? - is it more a soft-
> wareproblem (i hope :-) or maybe a hardwareproblem ?
> (i had it on all kernels from 2.2.x to 2.4.0-testx)

This is a well known issue with the usb keyboard driver.  It was a a
relatively lengthy thread a few months ago with no (AFAIK) solution,
other than "will be fixed in the future".

It has to do with depressing three keys at a time.  It takes a little
getting used to, but now, except for the occasional moment of serious
energy, I no longer strike three simultaneous keys on my Sawtooth.

HTH
--Nelson Abramson


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