I've got a USB KVM and it causes ALOT of dropped keystrokes and sometime it repeats key presses until I bang on t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶s̶c̶ another key a bit.

It ONLY does this on Slackware (14.2 and current). My Windows boxes are fine and a LinuxMint box is fine. I have repeatedly updated Slackware and it's up to date.

Any ideas?

It's not the KVM because it does this on 3 different KVMs.


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I've got a USB KVM and it causes ALOT odropped keystrokes and sometime it repeatskey presses until I agthe esc key a bt.

It ONLY does this on Slackwre (14.2 and current). My Wndows bes are fine and a LinuxMint box is fine. I have repeatedly udateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed Slackware and it's uptooooooooooooooooe.

Any ideas?

Very strange, I had troubles with usb switches, first it was the switch itself, then a cable. Now that you mention you have other oses working perfectly I'd rule out hw issue. However, does it happen, uh, without the switch altogether? Direct connection I mean.

No issues when the KVM is out of the picture. I tried other keyboards, all had the same issue (with the KVMs).

I tried the "lower the keyboard rate" suggestion and it helped A LITTLE. Turning of the key repeats stopped the repeats but made typing a PITA!

It's something about how Slackware handles USB keystrokes.