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I have recently installed ubuntu 14.04 (and before that I had the same problem with 12.04) on a Dell inspiron 9400 Intel Core 2 Duo T7200. But when I am trying to type something the keys do sometimes not respond at all or the letter is repeated a lot in one short keystroke. for example: when typing "Hello" this can happen: " Hlllllllllllllo" The E in hello did not show up, and the second l repeated a couple of times. This didn't happen when I used a live usb boot. Does somebody have the solution for my problem, because it makes the computer almost unusable. Thanks in advance

user279810
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  • Looks like this could be a duplicate of [this issue](https://askubuntu.com/q/1029256/19264) – TrinitronX Dec 08 '18 at 04:07
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    I disagree that this is a duplicate. I sporadically have similar issues in Ubuntu 18.04; slow keys is off. When the issue is occurring, there can sometimes be a multi-second lag between when I press a key and when the letter appears, and then sometimes it'll repeat 2, 3... up to 10+ times; if I type fast enough, the repeats overlap. Other times keypresses will be missed entirely. Attempting to type `bleh my keyboard (or OS) is tripping` resulted in `blehh mmy keyeyboaarddddddd (oorr OS) is tripping`. Similar symptoms, but not the same problem. – Doktor J Dec 18 '18 at 16:01

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Have you tried: System Settings - Keyboard - Select Typing TAB, adjust 'Key presses repeat when key is held down". Experimenting with Delay - try slide it a little to the right (longer). 'Speed' slider, will determine how fast it will retype, once the system understands you want to retype a pressed character, by pressing it 'long enough' following above mentioned setting.

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