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Repeated Keystrokes Occur in Terminal Window on Linux Guest (2308)

Repeated keystrokes sometimes occur in a terminal window on a Linux virtual machine.

To work around this issue, try one or both of the following:

If your Linux guest is running the K Desktop Environment (KDE), use rxvt or xterm instead of Konsole.
Disable software autorepeat in the virtual machine's X display by using the following command:
xset r off

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