# UConsole CM5 issue, keyboard sticking

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-cm5-issue-keyboard-sticking/17981>\
**Category:** uConsole\
**Tags:** help, hardware\
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-cm5-issue-keyboard-sticking/17981 "2025-06-12T12:56:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Davkenrem](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/davkenrem/32/12429_2.png) [@Davkenrem](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Davkenrem)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-cm5-issue-keyboard-sticking/17981/1 "2025-06-12T12:56:57Z")

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I purchased a CM5-16m Ram,64GB emmc and installed it in my uconsole. Flashed it with my Waveshare IO Board using the “ClockworkPi-Kali-6.12.28.img.xz” image. Uconsole booted up but when I attempted to login the keyboard sends multiple characters like “mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm” Which make it impossible to login. I’ve seen this before on Linux and believe it was a keyboard buffer issue but without being able to login, I’m not sure how to fix it.

Any ideas would be helpful and appreciated.

davkenrem

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**Author:** ![Rex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/rex/32/16852_2.png) [@Rex](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Rex)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-cm5-issue-keyboard-sticking/17981/2 "2025-06-12T13:05:29Z")

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The stock keyboard has a issue with sticky keys. Most people including myself have a good experience flashing the community made QMK firmware for it.

> [@QMK firmware for uConsole keyboard](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/qmk-firmware-for-uconsole-keyboard/14410):
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> First release: 20240909 Download: [https://files.olly.xyz/qmk/clockworkpi\_uconsole\_default.20240909.bin](https://files.olly.xyz/qmk/clockworkpi_uconsole_default.20240909.bin) Initial working release Adds horizontal and vertical scrolling to the trackball (enabled by holding the “Select” key) Adds Fn+Esc key binding to enter bootloader This is beta firmware - please send feedback if you try it out! About This is a port of the original uConsole keyboard firmware to the [QMK](https://qmk.fm) open-source firmware ecosystem. QMK (Quantum Mechanical Keyboard) is an open source community…

Read though the post and if you’re going to use it use the most recent firmware by user @olly.

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**Author:** ![YoelFievelBenAvram](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/yoelfievelbenavram/32/10088_2.png) [@YoelFievelBenAvram](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/YoelFievelBenAvram)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-cm5-issue-keyboard-sticking/17981/3 "2025-06-12T13:06:14Z")

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> [@QMK firmware for uConsole keyboard](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/qmk-firmware-for-uconsole-keyboard/14410):
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> First release: 20240909 Download: [https://files.olly.xyz/qmk/clockworkpi\_uconsole\_default.20240909.bin](https://files.olly.xyz/qmk/clockworkpi_uconsole_default.20240909.bin) Initial working release Adds horizontal and vertical scrolling to the trackball (enabled by holding the “Select” key) Adds Fn+Esc key binding to enter bootloader This is beta firmware - please send feedback if you try it out! About This is a port of the original uConsole keyboard firmware to the [QMK](https://qmk.fm) open-source firmware ecosystem. QMK (Quantum Mechanical Keyboard) is an open source community…

Flash the qmk firmware, but use the latest 20240922 bin.