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I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my old enough Acer Aspire 7738G and everywhere it keeps adding a string of "2" characters, i.e. "22222222" at the cursor position no matter if I open a browser, open search bar in Ubuntu, terminal, etc.. I am able to delete this string by hitting the Insert key and then delete.

Previously I had Windows 7 installed where I had the same issue and decided to install Ubuntu by replacing Windows (not in parallel), hoping that it will help, but no luck. I will be grateful for any help/suggestions.

Auto insertion of '2' characters in search bar

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    Looks like a sticky switch. Cleaning your keyboard ought to help immensely …
    – matigo
    Jul 27, 2021 at 10:49
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    Previously I had Windows 7 installed where I had the same issue so this rules out OS/software. It's clearly an hardware issue as explained above.
    – ChanganAuto
    Jul 27, 2021 at 10:58
  • Thanks everyone, it was definitely an hardware issue and disabling the laptop keyboard solved the issue. (askubuntu.com/questions/160945/…)
    – Sher_shaah
    Jul 27, 2021 at 11:03

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I faced the same problem.

It's actually that your keyboard is damaged and you need to replace it or disconnect the built-in keyboard and use an external keyboard.

If it's too costly to replace the keyboard so you can watch this to disable the built-in keyboard.

So this is a hardware problem and all the software is good.

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  • is this answer solving your problem
    – Keval Shah
    Jul 27, 2021 at 10:52
  • Thanks Keval, it seems to solve the issue at once. :)
    – Sher_shaah
    Jul 27, 2021 at 11:02
  • its alright Sher, actually I have Asus laptop and i faced problem with insertation of 444444444444444444444
    – Keval Shah
    Jul 27, 2021 at 11:03

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