Timeline for Rrrepeattt keyys in Ubuntu 14.04 driving me nuts
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| Jun 19, 2016 at 2:52 | comment | added | rancho | and do consider upvoting me | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 2:51 | comment | added | rancho | @Timoteo Just change the keyboard settings of the os to the one built for the built in hardware. Every keyboard comes with a built in settings, for example eng-US-international, en-GreatBritain and so on. change the keyboard settings of your OS to the one that is built in your keyboard hardware. Regarding how to please do some googling, otherwise I will post a reply two days later | |
| Jun 19, 2016 at 2:38 | comment | added | Timoteo | This thread is now ten days old, and may have dropped off the AskUbuntu radar, but I can post an update: I just spent almost an hour typing with an external keyboard attached via the USB port, and didn't get double keys once. -- May I safely assume that the problem is with the Precision 7710's relationship with the OS, and not with the OS itself? | |
| Jun 8, 2016 at 13:02 | comment | added | rancho | @Timoteo Mint is developed upon ubuntu and it gets it software from officiaal ubuntu repositories. But Ubuntu has lots more features like more frequent updates, canonical partner repositories and lots of other supported repositories which are not there in Mint. So what you are basically going to do is downgrading is OS. Moreover in Ubuntu too you can ditch unity and get cinnamon | |
| Jun 8, 2016 at 12:26 | comment | added | Avamander | @Timoteo I'd suggest trying Xubuntu or Kubuntu instead of Mint. Or if you really like Cinnamon then install it on an Ubuntu install. | |
| Jun 7, 2016 at 15:16 | comment | added | Timoteo | First, I'll note that I genuinely appreciate your time to respond. I mean it! I'm a stranger to you, and you're still taking time to try to help me with this issue. -- I could bow out silently, but want to be candid. I'm not as knowledgeable about ubuntu as you, am leery of making things worse ... particularly as the problem is in Cinnamon, and not in the almost-never-used Unity. -- What I might do: prepare for a complete new install, perhaps with Mint 18, and then try this just before loading the Mint 18 DVD. I'll have nothing to lose then. -- In the meantime, I'll wait. | |
| Jun 7, 2016 at 6:42 | history | edited | rancho | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
made formatting better for better understanding
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| Jun 7, 2016 at 6:29 | history | edited | rancho | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Instead of such a long procedure mentioned a single line command which does the trick
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| Jun 7, 2016 at 6:23 | comment | added | rancho | At least using this method fresh installation won't be required, files will be preserved and apllications will not get uninstalled. Only the desktop is getting refreshed much like in windows 10 where windows store apps are not uninstalled and data is preserved. Needless to say that the whole process will take much much less time rather than a complete reinstallation | |
| Jun 7, 2016 at 6:13 | comment | added | rancho | Please give any better solution if known, otherwise explain the downvoting | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 16:42 | history | edited | You'reAGitForNotUsingGit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 6, 2016 at 13:26 | comment | added | rancho | Your settings itself are corrupted and the only way out is to reinstall them | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 13:15 | comment | added | Timoteo | Thanks for the responses, one and all. I'll admit that I had hoped for a more modest solution: a setting change in a configuration file, perhaps, or some other step that would save me from reinstalling the desktop. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 9:36 | comment | added | user423626 | This seems to be more of a last-resort solution. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 9:20 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jun 6, 2016 at 9:20 | comment | added | Mark Kirby |
apt won't work here, the OP has 14.04, this would requier apt to be installed, use apt-get on anything but 16.04 questions.
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| Jun 6, 2016 at 9:19 | history | edited | Mark Kirby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 5, 2016 at 22:04 | comment | added | rancho | If even that doesn't work then there is a simple command, sudo rm -rf .compiz-1. That's it. | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 21:59 | history | edited | rancho | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
I made a spelling mistake here udate should be update, also --reinstall looks like a single dash because of formatting
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| Jun 5, 2016 at 21:57 | comment | added | rancho | It is because problems in system settings is usually caused by system corruption and above steps does a fresh install of ubuntu desktop removing all corruption. Here the problem is with software properties and in this way the problem will be resolved. | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 21:52 | comment | added | Avamander | Why should this fix it? Also, you made a few misspells in the answer. | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 21:48 | history | answered | rancho | CC BY-SA 3.0 |