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Andrew Tomazos
Asked: 2015-11-18 10:52:04 +0800 CST

The 5 key is being held down by a ghost?

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I'm on Ubuntu 15.10 plus wily-proposed and upgraded to latest packages.

When I leave my machine for approximately 30 mins and return to it whatever text entry widget has focus has the number 5 being repeatedly entered into it as if I am holding down the 5 key.

When I press a key on the keyboard (any key) it stops.

I have no idea how to debug this or what may be causing it.

Any ideas?

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1 Answers

  1. Seems to be the same.

    You seem to have wireless Logitech keyboard, right? There was a Linux kernel bug (not just Ubuntu distribution). It is already fixed with kernel version 4.4.0-30.49.

    So you can just update your system with Software Updater for example.

    You can find more information here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1579190

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