I am having an issue with keystroke repetition in Linux. I have tried different keyboards with the same result, so my guess is a driver issue. My system administrator hasn't had any luck finding a solution thus far, so I thought I'd try posting here. Anyhow, the problem is that, periodically, single keystrokes become multiple keystrokes. For example....

ttttyyyypppppiiinnngggg rrrraaaaaandom words to show how ttttthhhheeeee ppprroooobbbblllleeemmmm sssshhhhoooowwwsss iiiitttttself. iiitttt dddoooeeeessssnnnn'''t haaaaapppppppeeeennnn aaaaalllllllll the time, but often enough ttttoooo bbbeeeee aaaa rrrrreeeeeaaaaaallll pppaaaiiiinnnn iinnnnnn tttthhhheeeee aaaaassssssss....

It seems to be random in occurrence and duration. I don't have root access, so I will have to forward any suggestions to my sys-ad.

If it makes any difference, the machine is an HP xw9300 with dual AMD Opterons, running Red Hat (2.4.21-27.ELsmp from uname).

Typing this message sucked.

-Jeff

Do you have any other problems, like clock drift? I had a similar problem with my AMD X2 chip, where I'd get keyboard repeat.

I was also, at the same time, seeing clock drift. I fixed the clock drift with a kernel command-line option (which I can't remember -- I'll dig it out if necessary), which also fixed the keyboard repeat problem.

USB or PS/2 keyboard? Does dmesg have anything to say about the keyboard? Just in X-Windows or in the console, too?

I have tried both USB and PS2 keyboards. Also, rebooting sometimes fixes the problem and it will be gone until the next reboot. I have not noticed clock drift, but that doesn't mean it's not happening. I'll try to be more aware of it.

Thank you all for your help. I'll pass the info along to my sys-ad.

-Jeff