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20.1 Keyboard problem

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Hi,

I upgraded to Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa and in general, I am happy with it, so it took a day or so for me to notice, to the point of annoyance, that repeat key function is not working. It started as I held down the left arrow key to scroll back through a command to fix an error. Then I noticed that if I hold a key down it doesn't repeat (all this was fine with the Linux Mint 20.0 Ulyana). I checked the scroll lock on the keyboard, it is off, I checked the Keyboard conf in Cinnamon:
  • Enable key repeat: ticked
  • Repeat delay: About 25% along the bar from the left
  • Text cursor blinks: About 50% along the slide bar
I then checked the appropriate dconf config paths, all looks OK.

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~$ dconf dump /org/cinnamon/settings-daemon/peripherals/keyboard/
[/]
delay=uint32 500
numlock-state='off'
repeat-interval=uint32 30

~$ dconf dump /org/gnome/libgnomekbd/keyboard/
[/]
layouts=@as []
options=@as []


Here is the full config.

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~$ inxi -FxZ
System:
  Host: TP-P1-Gen-2 Kernel: 5.4.0-60-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20QTCTO1WW v: ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 
  serial: <superuser/root required> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20QTCTO1WW v: SDK0J40697 WIN 
  serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N2OET42W (1.29 ) 
  date: 01/20/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 75.2 Wh condition: 75.2/80.4 Wh (94%) 
  model: SMP 5B10W13900 status: Unknown 
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 
  model: Logitech M720 Triathlon Multi-Device Mouse 
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 12.0 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 62399 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T2000 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: nvidia v: 450.102.04 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting,nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Quadro T2000/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.102.04 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-60-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
  port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: 48:2a:e3:82:25:fd 
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 
  bus ID: 52:00.0 
  IF: wlp82s0 state: up mac: 74:d8:3e:54:ca:22 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 655.58 GiB (34.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB2T0HALB-000L7 
  size: 1.86 TiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 1.83 TiB used: 655.58 GiB (34.9%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: 42.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 2170 
Info:
  Processes: 352 Uptime: 1d 3h 49m Memory: 62.47 GiB used: 4.15 GiB (6.6%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 
  inxi: 3.0.38
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dobriain
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Re: 20.1 Keyboard problem

Post by dobriain »

I just did the latest update and which updated the kernel to 5.4.0-62.70 and after the reboot the problem was gone.
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Re: 20.1 Keyboard problem

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Unfortunately, the problem returned after the latest update.

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$ inxi -FZx
System:    Host: TP-P1-Gen-2 Kernel: 5.4.0-62-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 
           Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20QTCTO1WW v: ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 serial: <superuser/root required> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20QTCTO1WW v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N2OET42W (1.29 ) 
           date: 01/20/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 71.1 Wh condition: 75.2/80.4 Wh (94%) model: SMP 5B10W13900 status: Unknown 
           Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M720 Triathlon Multi-Device Mouse charge: 100% (should be ignored) 
           status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 12.0 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 62399 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
           9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Device-2: NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T2000 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 450.102.04 bus ID: 01:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 2048x1152~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Quadro T2000/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.102.04 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
           Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-62-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 
           IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: 48:2a:e3:82:25:fd 
           Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 52:00.0 
           IF: wlp82s0 state: up mac: 74:d8:3e:54:ca:22 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 665.61 GiB (34.9%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB2T0HALB-000L7 size: 1.86 TiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.83 TiB used: 665.60 GiB (35.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 44.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 2172 
Info:      Processes: 409 Uptime: 3d 23h 18m Memory: 62.47 GiB used: 9.59 GiB (15.3%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38
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