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On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 9:00 AM, walt<w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> try this: Type some text, like |
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>> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and then hold left arrow. Your |
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>> cursor will move to the left until you release the key. Now try to |
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>> hold the right arrow after you've already been holding the left arrow. |
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>> It will start to move to the right. Previously, it would continue |
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>> moving to the right after you released the left arrow. Now, the |
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>> keyboard repeat STOPS once you release the PREVIOUS key. So, in other |
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>> words, the repeating of the right arrow is stopped when I release the |
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>> left arrow... which causes the cursor to stop, and causes me to become |
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>> aggravated. :P |
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> Not very helpful, sorry, but I'm running the most recent 2.6.30 from |
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> Linus and I don't see the same thing here. I'm not running the gentoo |
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> kernel, though, so things may not be comparable. |
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> Have to say that I've never held down both arrow keys at the same time |
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> before today. |
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Apparently I do it all the time and never realized it. It affects all |
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repeatable keys, not just the arrows, and it is driving me crazy. :) |
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Thanks for testing! I will keep searching... |
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I will also add that I am using a USB keyboard, in case it matters. |
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