laptop keyboard issues

[stu]

	I had an issue similar to this when running MEPIS with the early 2.6 kernel 
on older hardware. Switching to the 2.4 kernel version seemed to fix it, and 
it hasn't been an issue on any hardware, new or old, with the newest kernel 
version. You might try running a live distro with a kernel version different 
from the one you've been using and see if the problem persists before sending 
the box back to it's maker. - Just my uneducated guess...

	Stu

On Monday 08 May 2006 03:43, Nathan England wrote:
> All,
>
> Before I send my laptop into Dell for 2 weeks and lose all my work flow, I
> want to know if anyone has seen or experienced this. While typing the
> keyboard suddenly begins repeating keys until any other key is pressed. It
> is completely random when it does it and it could be any key it feels like.
>
> My BIOS (Inspiron 700m) doesn't allow key-repeat changing. I disabled key
> repeating in KDE and that seems to have fixed the problem, but life is
> difficult when you can't repeat an arrow key... try it sometime for kicks
> or as a cruel joke to a co-worker (hey, great April 1 joke, turn off
> key-repeat on every machine in the office...)
>
> I read somewhere that this is a kernel bug but not quite sure. Anyone
> familiar with this event?
>
> Nathan