Repeating characters printed in terminal (Ubuntu 16.04)

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Whenever I start my terminal I get a glitch. It automatically starts writing ^[[2~ repeatedly and doesn't allow me to type exit. I already tried installing Ubuntu again. I have a Dell Inspiron 3542.



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  • You might have a keyboard key stuck down
    – wjandrea
    Jan 29 at 19:27










  • I also tried disconnecting keyboard.
    – Prabhjeet Singh
    Jan 30 at 3:28










  • How do you start it? Did you Try Alt+F2 to launch by command? Did you try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to a full screen console? There you have to login, and get a system shell too. Same problem? Alt-F7 brings you back into the windowworld. You could install a different shell from synaptics to inspect the problem further.
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  • This might be related: askubuntu.com/questions/995819/…
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    Feb 2 at 11:47














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Whenever I start my terminal I get a glitch. It automatically starts writing ^[[2~ repeatedly and doesn't allow me to type exit. I already tried installing Ubuntu again. I have a Dell Inspiron 3542.



What should I do?



Terminal Image










share|improve this question























  • You might have a keyboard key stuck down
    – wjandrea
    Jan 29 at 19:27










  • I also tried disconnecting keyboard.
    – Prabhjeet Singh
    Jan 30 at 3:28










  • How do you start it? Did you Try Alt+F2 to launch by command? Did you try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to a full screen console? There you have to login, and get a system shell too. Same problem? Alt-F7 brings you back into the windowworld. You could install a different shell from synaptics to inspect the problem further.
    – user unknown
    Feb 2 at 7:39











  • This might be related: askubuntu.com/questions/995819/…
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Feb 2 at 11:47












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Whenever I start my terminal I get a glitch. It automatically starts writing ^[[2~ repeatedly and doesn't allow me to type exit. I already tried installing Ubuntu again. I have a Dell Inspiron 3542.



What should I do?



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Whenever I start my terminal I get a glitch. It automatically starts writing ^[[2~ repeatedly and doesn't allow me to type exit. I already tried installing Ubuntu again. I have a Dell Inspiron 3542.



What should I do?



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  • You might have a keyboard key stuck down
    – wjandrea
    Jan 29 at 19:27










  • I also tried disconnecting keyboard.
    – Prabhjeet Singh
    Jan 30 at 3:28










  • How do you start it? Did you Try Alt+F2 to launch by command? Did you try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to a full screen console? There you have to login, and get a system shell too. Same problem? Alt-F7 brings you back into the windowworld. You could install a different shell from synaptics to inspect the problem further.
    – user unknown
    Feb 2 at 7:39











  • This might be related: askubuntu.com/questions/995819/…
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Feb 2 at 11:47
















  • You might have a keyboard key stuck down
    – wjandrea
    Jan 29 at 19:27










  • I also tried disconnecting keyboard.
    – Prabhjeet Singh
    Jan 30 at 3:28










  • How do you start it? Did you Try Alt+F2 to launch by command? Did you try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to a full screen console? There you have to login, and get a system shell too. Same problem? Alt-F7 brings you back into the windowworld. You could install a different shell from synaptics to inspect the problem further.
    – user unknown
    Feb 2 at 7:39











  • This might be related: askubuntu.com/questions/995819/…
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Feb 2 at 11:47















You might have a keyboard key stuck down
– wjandrea
Jan 29 at 19:27




You might have a keyboard key stuck down
– wjandrea
Jan 29 at 19:27












I also tried disconnecting keyboard.
– Prabhjeet Singh
Jan 30 at 3:28




I also tried disconnecting keyboard.
– Prabhjeet Singh
Jan 30 at 3:28












How do you start it? Did you Try Alt+F2 to launch by command? Did you try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to a full screen console? There you have to login, and get a system shell too. Same problem? Alt-F7 brings you back into the windowworld. You could install a different shell from synaptics to inspect the problem further.
– user unknown
Feb 2 at 7:39





How do you start it? Did you Try Alt+F2 to launch by command? Did you try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to a full screen console? There you have to login, and get a system shell too. Same problem? Alt-F7 brings you back into the windowworld. You could install a different shell from synaptics to inspect the problem further.
– user unknown
Feb 2 at 7:39













This might be related: askubuntu.com/questions/995819/…
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Feb 2 at 11:47




This might be related: askubuntu.com/questions/995819/…
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Feb 2 at 11:47















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