Luke's Ubuntu and Linux Hacks

(We recommend you bookmark this blog. Trying to find helpful information in forums usually just ends in making you frustrated and angry. This blog does not speculate or guess. If we post it, we've tried it and it works. As with all our posts, if you don't care about the background info, you can head straight to the yellow highlighted sections for the problem and the fix.)

(We recommend you bookmark this blog. Trying to find helpful information in forums usually just ends in making you frustrated and angry. This blog does not speculate or guess. If we post it, we've tried it and it works. As with all our posts, if you don't care about the background info, you can head straight to the yellow highlighted sections for the problem and the fix.) The issue "in Ubuntu, set the number and speed of strokes for space bar and backspace" was the subject of my Gemini search. In trying to fix some other problem, I was enticed into making changes in Settings, Accessibility. As a result, it seriously slowed down the time it takes to clear / erase text by using the Backspace key, or by holding down the Shift key and the Left key. It also, for some reason, decreased the amount of time between repetitive keystrokes, which means that each time I typed a word with two consecutive letters, a third and even a fourth instance of the letter was created.  Words...

(We recommend you bookmark this blog. Trying to find helpful information in forums usually just ends in making you frustrated and angry. This blog does not speculate or guess. If we post it, we've tried it and it works. As with all our posts, if you don't care about the background info, you can head straight to the yellow highlighted sections for the problem and the fix.) Background I recently decided that, rather than upgrading my Linux Ubuntu OS for the umpteenth time, I would do a fresh (new) install of version 24.04. As usual, everything went well, except for one minor (actually MAJOR) keyboard problem I had immediately after booting up the new Ubuntu install: When trying to type a capital "E" using the Right-Shift key, I got nothing. I still was able to use the Left-Shift key + e to form my capital E, but I am an extremely high-volume writer and that solution is not sustainable long-term.  What I Tried (aka, Useless Forums) Okay, based on my ultimate revelation...

(We recommend you bookmark this blog. Trying to find helpful information in forums usually just ends in making you frustrated and angry. This blog does not speculate or guess. If we post it, we've tried it and it works. As with all our posts, if you don't care about the background info, you can head straight to the yellow highlighted sections for the problem and the fix.) Keyboard Freeze, Mouse Hesitation and USB Weirdness I know, this is not an Ubuntu issue as much as it is a general computing issue; still I think it is important to document and distribute, no matter what Operating System (OS) you use—mine just happens to be Ubuntu. The Issue In the past three to six months I have been experiencing "freezes" of both my keyboard (primarily) and my mouse (occasionally). After considerable research (including the mostly-worthless forums) and trying the few "solutions" that seemed reasonable, I was unable to avoid the issue just described. As I make my living ...