Keyboard sensitivity/insensitivity

[wyth]

I'm wondering if there is some config file someplace where I can increase the sensitivity of my keyboard (Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 laptop).

I'll be typing along, and every now and then the cursor just sort of freezes for a hair of a second, and I miss a letter (like just now, my first attempt at "along" came out as "aong").

I know it's not my typing, because this only happens on my laptop, not my desktop. I'm a teacher, and it's really cutting into my efficiency at getting anything done -- writing, grading, posting threads on ubuntuforums...

There must be some setting someplace, but I'll be danged if I can find them. I think there might have once been something with XkdOptions in xorg.conf, but I'm not sure what it would be, and if that would require some sort of fdi policy.

(There -- it happened again -- I got the entire word "them" typed before anything showed up on the screen, although this time it was spelled correctly.)

[wyth]

bump

[wyth]

So nobody has an issue where you press a key and it takes a half-second longer than it should to register?

[wyth]

c'mon c'mon c'mon...

[Niall7890]

Hi there,

I also have this identical problem with my Dell Vostro 1000. Have been searching for a few months for a solution - even considering going back to Windoze as it's interfering with my work and is extremely frustrating. did you find a solution?

Niall

[paparozoumis]

Have you tried the System>Preferences>Keyboard>General to alter and experiment with Speed and Delay?
That could give you a solution...

Though, I have to say that it doesn't actually work for me as I have the opposite problem to you: The keyboard strokes are extremely speedy and if I lay my finger a little longer on the key, it repeats the stroke in a nanosecond and I have to backspace it...
The adjustments haven't work for me at all,,,,

[Niall7890]

Yep!

Thanks for your input but I've tried all of thse (just did it again! 'thse' instead of 'these')settings but to no avail - they only affect the actual speed of repeat. I am describing a problem where my machne actually ignores keystrokes! just like 'wyth' has said. I also find that the touchpad is also insensitive to short taps (for single mouse click) and often needs a determined, very deliberate and OTT 'tap'. Maybe this is indicative of a wider problem?

Niall

[Entwicklung Medizinproduk]

Keyboards are sensitive with dust and dirt and ofcourse with liquid.. Our keyboard always not working and we found out that it,s cause by dust so we cleaned it and it works.

[wyth]

I can tell you just a couple things about this:



It's happened with my laptop since I got it - no dust or dirt involved. (And Niall was correct, the keyboard preferences aren't relevant this particular issue.)
Slashdot just reported that there has been a long-standing performance bug "that has been responsible for lagging interactivity and poor system performance across all architectures" that is about to be stomped. I'm hoping it addresses the issue. Read more here (http://it.slashdot.org/it/09/01/15/049201.shtml).

[Niall7890]

All,

I can also echo what wyth is saying.

My laptop is brand new and worked perfectly wth Win XP before I 'exorcised' it. No dirt or dust involved!

I am now considering other distros or even windoze and altough I'm fond of Ubuntu, this problem is just too-frustrating to live with

"Slashdot just reported that there has been a long-standing performance bug "that has been responsible for lagging interactivity and poor system performance across all architectures" that is about to be stomped. I'm hoping it addresses the issue."

We live in hope wyth!

Niall

[hamzaeldefrawy]

Peace Upon You All,
regard to keyboard sensitivity/insensitivity, it can be re-tuned and modified from universal access under typing tab there is slow keys option provide wide range of keyboard sensitivity degrees

[howefield]

Hmm, old thread closed.