Problem with Microsoft Wireless Desktop Elite

InvisibleTouch · n00b Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Boston, MA

Hi all,

I am having a very weird issue with this wireless keyboard/mouse combo. Every once in a while when I type a key on my keyboard it will get repeated like 4 or 5 times on the screen. It seems to be random (has happened to a bunch of keys) and I don't think it's the keyboard itself because it works fine in Windows.

Anyone else experienced this problem before or heard about it?

gnuageux · Veteran Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 1201

This thread may help:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=200458&highlight=microsoft+wireless+keyboard
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Anime_Fan · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:19 pm Post subject:

This is a common error both in Linux and Windows when using wireless keyboards.

Basically, when you press a button, the receiver is notified that a button is pressed.
When you release a button, it should also be notified. However, sometimes the wireless equipment drops this signal due to bad connectivity.
Linux will then think that you still have the button pressed.

Sollution: Get a reliable (as in, non-cordless) DIN-5 keyboard. They don't drop characters to the bit bucket

InvisibleTouch · n00b Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Boston, MA

Thanks for the replies guys...

Guess I'll have to try to figure out something... the repeating keystrokes get old really fast.