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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard repeat dieing.
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 11:57:12 -0500, Nicholas Pappas
<npappas@rightstep.org> wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I have run into a strange little quirk that is really annoying me.
> Using the latest version of GNOME, my keyboard repeat has recently
> decided to stop working (i.e., holding down any key and have it
> repeatedly fire).
> I go to the Keyboard control panel and the "Key presses repeat when key
> is help down" box is checked. I uncheck and recheck it, and my key
> repeat now works... until it decides to stop working again. I then
> repeat and it works again, for a while.
> Does anyone have any ideas what the trouble is? I only recently
> noticed this happening (the last 48 hours) and it is really annoying.
> Not kill my neighbor annoying, but annoying.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
I had the exact same problem, and it was caused by snes9x. So if
you're using that then that's probably the problem, if not then it
could be another program that's causes it. Does the problem come back
even if you don't run anything else?
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