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[Fred H Olson <fholson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

This is more of a "feature" than a bug... If slow keys gets turned on somehow and the user is not aware of this,
it can look like the keyboard is not working. I spent days (10?) with the consultation of my local Ubuntu folks before someone 
finally thought of slow keys.  One suggestion was to reinstall Ubuntu, fortunately I resisted this long enough to 
learn of slow keys.  This has been my most frustrating problem with Ubuntu (since 6.06)

It appears that in normal use, the chance of holding down a key long enough that it is accepted when one 
is not aware of slow keys is very small so it just looks like the keyboard input is not being accepted.  

There are a few other instances of this problem on the web but not
enough to become a prime suspect easily.

I dont know how slow keys got turned on.

I suggest having a box appear at bootup that reminds the user:

>Universal Access >Typing  Slow Keys is active.  Hold keys down to get
input accepted.

Fred

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Sep 26 08:05:58 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-19 (37 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374451

Title:
  Unintended slow keys looks like bug

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is more of a "feature" than a bug... If slow keys gets turned on somehow and the user is not aware of this,
  it can look like the keyboard is not working. I spent days (10?) with the consultation of my local Ubuntu folks before someone 
  finally thought of slow keys.  One suggestion was to reinstall Ubuntu, fortunately I resisted this long enough to 
  learn of slow keys.  This has been my most frustrating problem with Ubuntu (since 6.06)

  It appears that in normal use, the chance of holding down a key long enough that it is accepted when one 
  is not aware of slow keys is very small so it just looks like the keyboard input is not being accepted.  

  There are a few other instances of this problem on the web but not
  enough to become a prime suspect easily.

  I dont know how slow keys got turned on.

  I suggest having a box appear at bootup that reminds the user:

  >Universal Access >Typing  Slow Keys is active.  Hold keys down to get
  input accepted.

  Fred

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Sep 26 08:05:58 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-19 (37 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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