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DateWed, 12 Mar 2008 08:20:31 -0700
FromStephen Hemminger <>
SubjectRe: Keys get stuck
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:47:01 -0400
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:

> 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

I reported a bug on this http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10163
It seemed to be related to group scheduler config option.


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