Comment 3 for bug 514562

Chris, does this need to go upstream or is it just an Ubuntu packaging bug?

In case someone needs a workaround for this bug. Just open System::Preferences::Keyboard and tick the checkbox called "Key presses repeat when key is held down". And in the same dialog set the "Delay" and "Speed" sliders so that their knobs are located just under the "en" letters in the word "when" (that's the default settings I have on my old karmic box, but I suppose you can just try out a delay/speed setting that feels "normal" to you).