The most recent kernel: Plague of Fives, and fatally inefficient networking

[Dan Mossor]

On 09/24/2015 02:27 PM, Temlakos wrote:
> Everyone:
>
> 1. The kernel, once again, is prone to an annoying flaw: it produces a
> Plague of Fives. Any time a text box opens up, a string of repeated
> digits 5 appears. The only way to shut it off is to type "5" again.
>
> /No/, kernel group! Do /not/ tell me I have a problem with a sticking 5
> key. If that were the problem, then pressing Shift would change
> "55555555555..." to 5555555555%%%%%%..." It doesn't. More to the point,
> the Plague of Fives tended to go away with the next iteration of the kernel.
>
> Temlakos

Huh, and here I thought my "refurbished" Logitech Wave wireless keyboard 
wasn't fully refurbished. I had a weird problem with the 5 key a while 
ago - the only way to stop it was to hit "5" on the number row. No other 
key would stop it, and shift didn't change it. But it's gone now. I think.

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