Re: [gentoo-user] laptop sometimes needs double keystrokes

[Benno Schulenberg]

Roger Mason wrote:
> I have a strange problem on my laptop[1] wherein I need sometimes
> need to enter keystrokes twice in order for them to be
> recognised.  For example, I type 'ls' but the 's' needs to be
> entered twice.  The problem has bee present for some time and I
> have noted the following:
>
> (1) I see the problem both when typing on the laptop keyboard and
> when logging in using ssh: this suggests it is not a keyboard
> problem.

Have a look at /etc/inputrc.  To test, comment out all lines in that 
file, fire up a new bash, and see if the problem persists.  If not, 
find the offending line.

Benno
-- 
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list