I just installed CentOS 6.4 on an old machine I acquired for a development box, but I am running into keyboard issues I can't get around.
I start the machine and go to type a user name in and whatever key I press first just starts repeating forever. I have tried pressing different keys to get it to stop it but even unplugging the keyboard doesn't stop it repeating.
Honestly just want to get in there and set up SSH / SVN and I will probably never log in locally again, but I can't get in to do that at all right now.
I have even tried plugging the keyboard into other ports and various other things like that, but I have not managed to figure out what the problem is. I know the keyboard works fine because I used it during the install to type in the url for net install and the account information. I am even typing on it right now to ask this question.
Is there something I am missing here? Should I just try a reinstall? Or get a different keyboard?
Best Answer
I kept having almost this same issue (sort of) when I would access my Centos 6 VM through Windows RDP or VNC. I noticed that my issue appeared to be a Windows-like "Sticky Key" where I would start typing something either in the vim editor or in my IDE (Intellij IDEA) and all the sudden the last letter I typed would just "take off". For example, I could be typing "int newInt" and after the 't' in 'newInt' the editor would do something like "newInttttttttttttt.." until I hit the 'Esc' key or 'Ctrl+c' to stop it. VERY ANNOYING!
I started looking around and I was surprised to not find any one else having this same issue.. I thought maybe I was searching incorrectly because, after all, this is a strange bug to try and search for. Some suggest hitting ctrl+Shift simultaneously to disable - but that seems to be for Windows Sticky Keys only, but I haven't noticed it happening since I did that. So try that first. Then (If you have gnome/GUI desktop) enabled, go to System->Preferences->Keyboard and turn off / uncheck "Repeat Keys" under the "General" tab. I'm not sure which of those two did the trick for me, but I haven't had an issue since I did that.