USB dongle polling rate for keyboard

Hello, I've got some issues.

System:    Kernel: 5.14.16-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=d9a59adc-d771-46fe-b1e2-016ad121a5ec rw
           rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
           systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 resume=UUID=a9f6c1b0-25d6-45fa-8a96-64c4f3ebdea2 loglevel=3
           Desktop: GNOME 41.1 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 41.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI v: N/A serial: <filter>
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: F8i
           date: 01/19/2021
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-8086K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6
           model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: EA cache: L2: 12 MiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 95999
           Speed: 4779 MHz min/max: 800/5000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4779 2: 5000 3: 5001 4: 5000 5: 5000 6: 5000 7: 5001
           8: 5000 9: 4821 10: 4925 11: 4626 12: 5000
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
           Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT / 6800M] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
           bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df class-ID: 0300
           Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 compositor: gnome-shell driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati
           unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.8x15.0") s-diag: 987mm (38.8")
           Monitor-1: XWAYLAND0 res: 3440x1440 hz: 144 dpi: 109 size: 800x330mm (31.5x13.0") diag: 865mm (34.1")
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (NAVY_FLOUNDER DRM 3.42.0 5.14.16-zen1-1-zen LLVM 12.0.1)
           v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.4 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
           Device-2: AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.1
           chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
           Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis Pro Wireless type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-5.3:7
           chip-ID: 1038:1294 class-ID: 0300
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.16-zen1-1-zen running: yes
           Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
           Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
           Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes
Network:   Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370
           class-ID: 0280
           IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
           chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
           IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:11
           chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
           Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 4.59 TiB used: 936.34 GiB (19.9%)
           SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Toshiba model: KXG50ZNV1T02 NVMe 1024GB size: 953.87 GiB block-size:
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: AADA4104 temp: 32.9 C
           scheme: GPT
           ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung model: PM961 NVMe 1024GB size: 953.87 GiB block-size:
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: CXY74D1Q temp: 32.9 C
           scheme: MBR
           ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Apple model: HDD HTS541010A9E662 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
           ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABD200 size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 919.45 GiB size: 919.45 GiB (100.00%) used: 192.79 GiB (21.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
           maj-min: 259:3
           ID-2: /home raw-size: 919.45 GiB size: 919.45 GiB (100.00%) used: 192.79 GiB (21.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
           maj-min: 259:3
           ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 919.45 GiB size: 919.45 GiB (100.00%) used: 192.79 GiB (21.0%) fs: btrfs
           dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
           ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 919.45 GiB size: 919.45 GiB (100.00%) used: 192.79 GiB (21.0%) fs: btrfs
           dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.41 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
           ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 31.29 GiB used: 1024 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 46.0 C mem: 56.0 C
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 884
Info:      Processes: 363 Uptime: 1h 12m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.29 GiB used: 4.87 GiB (15.6%) Init: systemd v: 249
           tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1480 lib: 434 Shell: fish v: 3.3.1
           default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.08


So I have a new keyboard, a Nuphy Air75. It's got a 2.4 GHz dongle that I've been trying to figure out on how to increase the polling rate on, as it just drops out sometimes and doesn't pick up more than a handful of keystrokes. I have tried using the Mouse polling rate - ArchWiki page, and nothing really translated well.

Any suggestion would be great.

Looking over Mouse polling rate - ArchWiki again, I went and followed the "Set Polling Interval" instructions while setting the value to 1 for a 1000MHz poling rate and seem to be doing fine now. Will update after work when I have a chance to test if this is actually usable with games but seems fine now.

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This was not the fix. I'll update as I continue to test.

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