Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:47:01 -0400 | From | Theodore Tso <> | Subject | Re: Keys get stuck |
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:14:56PM +1030, David Newall wrote: > It should be said that X implements auto-repeat out of necessity. While > the kernel can report key down and up events, its further interpretation > of those events is not appropriate. Many combinations of events are > possible, such as keyboard plus mouse, and this precludes the kernel > from providing a full interpretation. It would be wrong for it to even > try. X is the proper place to implement auto-repeat for X.
The problem is that under heavy load the auto-repeat problem is real; I've seen it as well, and it means that I've started to try to avoid "make -j4" since that's a great way to trigger it.
- Ted
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