I have this problem too, and even though it's not a "solution", a temporary fix is to toggle autorepeat with xset, in my case keycode 105 (right ctrl); "xset -r 105"
xorg: Installed: 1:7.4~5ubuntu3 Candidate: 1:7.4~5ubuntu3 Version table: *** 1:7.4~5ubuntu3 0 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Attachment added: "output of lspci -vvnn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20994230/lspci.txt -- right ctrl, alt, super, menu keys repeat while helt. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290208 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs