I noticed the same thing, with the default install that came with the XPS 13.

I can also reproduce this error with the default install. I received my laptop today after ordering it about a week ago. Other than installing another desktop environment I haven't made  any changes to the system  (but I could reproduce it using Unity too). I've noticed that the space  key along with others often repeat themselves. I performed a software update when I first booted the machhine earlier today.

uname -a output:

Linux XPS-Dev 3.13.0-37-generic #64bdw1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 25 14:01:25 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Confirmed, I have this constantly, especially with the space and C keys. I have *mostly* solved it by using Ubuntu's accessibility features ("Bounce Keys" settings), so this appears to be a key debounce timing issue in BIOS. Very frustrating.

I can report the same problem. Double key repeats appearing randomly and sometimes key continues to type indefinitely until some other key is pressed.

Still having issues here. It's especially wonderful when you're in an e-mail message list and the delete key decides to repeat 25 times.

DE Bios A03, Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel 4.0.0

I ended up sending mine back for a full refund after experiencing this and the touchpad issue (the latter is apparently no longer an issue with Ubuntu 15.04 - so why's the unit ship with 14.04?). It's even more frustrating to me that it was claimed the issues were fixed in the 2015 XPS Dev Edition laptop - I'd read (with some concern) about the keyboard issue before but saw that it had apparently been fixed with BIOS version A01 - seemingly not the case.

Dell just released a new BIOS (A04) that resolved the key repeat issues for me.

I was also able to resolve my touchpad driver issues by upgrading my kernel in place using the LTS Enablement stack testing repository.  I have a write up of how to do it in another thread, but here is my system info:

gshulegaard@ronin:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release:    14.04
Codename:    trusty
gshulegaard@ronin:~$ uname -a
Linux ronin 3.19.0-18-generic #18~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 20 09:38:33 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
gshulegaard@ronin:~$

Curiously, when upgrading the BIOS, my touchpad reverted to glitchy behavior, but downloading and installing the .deb packages that Dell released previously for their fix resolved the behavior again.

Bottom line, you want BIOS A04, kernel 3.19 +, and the custom .deb fixes from Dell, but after those three things, your laptop will be stable and should fly.

Bios A04 seems to have fixed the issue for me, thanks!

BIOS A04 has mostly resolved the issue for me -- nice work, Sputnik team! I don't think it has entirely resolved it, though: it's rare enough that it's a little difficult to be sure they aren't just normal typos, but I'm maybe ~60% sure that I still occasionally get a double keypress.

ETA: I'm now 99% sure that it's still happening, albeit more rarely than before. For reference, I'm on kernel 3.19 BIOS A04 running arch linux; is there some other patch I need to apply?

Me too. I installed BIOS A04 this morning and I haven't seen the repeated key press issue yet. However, given that Dell thought that they could ship me this laptop with:

• A trackpad that was so bad as to be unusable with the installed (Ubuntu 14.04) OS.
• A keyboard that was unusable with the installed (A04) BIOS (imagine vim with dddddddddd.....)
• A BCM4352 wireless module which is not supported by the stock Linux kernel which makes it very hard to upgrade to new versions of Ubuntu (especially with no Ethernet).

I have basically lost all of my trust in Dell and this laptop. By comparison my Studio 1558 from five years ago has been completely trouble free.

I want Linux and Sputnik to be successful, I really do. But my 8088 had a functional keyboard from the factory 30 years ago.