[YLUG] Laptops and the repeating keyboard bug

[Harry Mills]

Nvidia is pretty good if you're happy to use the proprietary 3D capable
driver. I've got a three screen set up across two graphics cards and it
works surprisingly well.
--
Regards,
Harry Mills
http://haeg.in



On 25 January 2011 10:06, Zoe Stephenson <zoe.stephenson at york.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 04:20:04PM +0000, James McLaughlin wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm using Ubuntu Hardy Heron on an old-ish Compaq laptop, and would
> welcome some advice.
> >
> > Basically, every later version of Ubuntu (from Intrepid to Maverick) I've
> installed on it has been
> > affected by a bug whereby every so often, when I release a key, the
> computer doesn't realise that
> > this has happened and endless keypress events occur - like
> thissssssssssssssss.
> >
> > (Same symptoms as kernel bug 9147, but a different cause as it occurs
> even with ACPI switched off.)
> >
> > If the problem persists on Ubuntu Natty, I'll have to replace my laptop,
> and wondered if any of my
> > fellow York-based Linux users could provide me with some advice? If
> anyone is using Lucid or
> > Maverick on a laptop that's not affected by this, please could they tell
> me the manufacturer/model
> > number of the laptop?
>
> I have an old Lenovo 3000 C100 that is still going strong - no key repeat
> issue there.  Similarly, my Samsung Q320 is pretty happy (although I
> dropped
> it and now the optical drive is a grinding-sound drive).  I only seem to
> get key repeat issues over NX, where I sometimes get a single repeat (so
> 'q' becomes 'qq') or at home with my old KVM switch.
>
> As for how to choose a laptop, you're essentially looking for the sweet
> spot between what the distros support and what the hardware is capable of.
> Broadcom wifi support is improving with the new driver (already in ubuntu,
> from what I hear), nvidia graphics support is still a little bit of a
> minefield and if you're serious about battery life you might want to
> investigate further on the compatibility of power management options with
> particular laptops.
>
> More information online:
>  http://linux-wless.passys.nl/index.php
>  http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw
>
> Also, if your German is good:
>  http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Hardwaredatenbank
>
> --
>  -- zoe
>
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