E521 Keyboard key problem

[Michael Hansen]

It seems people had the same problem with xorg-x11-6.8.2.  Here is a bug
report essentially describing your problem exactly:
http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=xorg-team&a=2007-03&m=3317856

So, it looks like an update/patch of xorg is in order, as this isn't a
Dell-only problem.

I hope this helps....


Mike


On 3/22/07, Simon Gao <gao at schrodinger.com> wrote:
>
> The machine runs xorg-x11-6.8.2. I am not sure how xorg corresponds to
> XFree86. Yes the problem only occurs to application programs under X
> window.
>
> One thing special is about E521 is that the machine only have USB ports
> for keyboard and mouse.
>
> Simon
>
> Michael Hansen wrote:
> > Does this happen in X only?  Text console?  Both?
> >
> > There was a key repeating problem with XFree86-4.3.0, if I recall
> > correctly, that was fixed a while back (4.3.0, I believe, shipped with
> > RHEL 4.4).  Check your version and upgrade if necessary, if this is
> > the case.
> >
> > Sorry I can't help more, I don't follow the RH bug list too closely,
> > and my memory isn't what it used to be.  :P
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> > On 3/22/07, * Simon Gao* <gao at schrodinger.com
> > <mailto:gao at schrodinger.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     We have one E521 AMD X2 machine that has been having keyboard key
> >     randomly repeating problem, sometimes a random key would repeat very
> >     fast and many many times like
> >
> thisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
> >
> >     When this happens, I have to reboot the machine to temporarily fix
> the
> >     problem. The problem will come back in a few days.
> >
> >     The machine runs RHEL 4.4 x86_64 on it. I've also updated bios to
> >     1.1.4.
> >     This seems not help at all.
> >
> >     Anyone can provide any help?
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >
> >     Simon
> >
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