Backspace key repeat not working in Ptyxis and Chrome after update to 43.20251216

Aurora
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Legion 5 / Aurora / IBM Serie M

Description

After updating from version 42.20251111.1 to 43.20251216, the Backspace key no longer repeats when held down (on the IBM but trough the laptop keyboard too) in:

  • Ptyxis terminal

  • Google Chrome (Flatpak)

Other keys repeat normally, and other applications (Kate, etc.) work correctly.

System info

  • OS: Aurora DX Nvidia Open (stable)

  • Version: 43.20251216

  • Session: Wayland

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Ptyxis terminal or Chrome

  2. Type some text

  3. Hold down Backspace key

  4. Expected: characters delete continuously

  5. Actual: only one character is deleted

Workarounds

Ptyxis: Rolling back to version 42.20251111.1 with rpm-ostree rollback

Chrome (Flatpak): Force X11 mode by creating the file ~/.var/app/com.google.Chrome/config/chrome-flags.conf with this content:

--ozone-platform=x11

Notes

Rolling back to version 42.20251111.1 fixes the Ptyxis issue completely. The Chrome issue may be related to Wayland changes in version 43.

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works fine here, so something is up on your end.

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Thank you
As suspected, i’ll investigate!

Have a nice holydays inffy!

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When you try backspace in Ptyxis and it doesn’t work you could check for errors in the log:
journalctl -xe

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Thank you @locke496
I tested a bunch of Flatpak apps to see which ones had the issue ass seems random
Broken (all using GNOME Runtime 49):

Ptyxis 49.2 (native, GTK4 4.20.3)
Bazaar → flatpak info shows runtime org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/49
DistroShelf → runtime 49
DejaDup → runtime 49

Working fine (all using GNOME Runtime 48):

DevToolbox → runtime 48
Warehouse → runtime 48

So it looks like the issue only affects apps running on GNOME Platform 49 / GTK4 4.20.
I tried pretty much everything to rule out my config:

Forced X11 backend with GDK_BACKEND=x11 → still broken
Disabled input method with GTK_IM_MODULE= → still broken
Forced software rendering with GSK_RENDERER=cairo → still broken
Uninstalled ibus-mozc and rebooted → still broken
Launched with clean environment using env -i → still broken
Renamed my entire ~/.config/gtk-4.0 folder → still broken
Tested with a clean zsh shell using zsh -f → still broken

I’m not an expert so I apologize if this is still something wrong on my end that I’m missing. But the pattern seems clear: runtime 48 works, runtime 49 doesn’t. At least on my machine.
Let me know if there’s anything else I can test!
(affected pressed backspace arrows and canc, other keys are good)

Still 99.9% pretty sure is somethign on my end, the autrora in my office works smootly (not sure if is the last version, i’ll check on jan)

happy 2026 everyone!

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Hm, not sure either.

Some questions:

  1. When it happened in ptyxis, did you take a look if journalctl -xe shows something at that point in time?
  2. Do you have any layered packages installed which could have caused problems?
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Thank you @locke496

You were right to insist on checking the logs! Those Create input context failed: Operation was cancelled errors from ibus were actually the culprit.

I ran ibus exit and immediately tested Ptyxis - backspace repeat works perfectly now!

Switched to fcitx5 as my input method (I need Japanese input anyway) and everything is working fine. The issue was ibus conflicting with GTK4 apps on runtime 49.

Thanks for your help and patience!

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