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DateFri, 14 Mar 2008 19:34:39 +0100
FromPavel Machek <>
SubjectRe: Keys get stuck
On Thu 2008-03-13 15:18:10, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Carlos R. Mafra wrote:> >On Thu 13.Mar'08 at 12:28:13 +0100, Mike Galbraith > >wrote:> > > >>[...]> >>Swap can definitely keep X off the cpu for extended 
> >>periods,> >>[...]> >> > >> >So I would like to ask if swap letting X (and > >everything else> >in my experience) out of the cpu for extended periods is
> >considered normal behaviour, in the sense that nobody is
> >trying to "fix" it (due to it being considered 
> >impossible
> >to fix)...?
> > > Yes, this is perfectly normal. A heavily swapping machine
> will swap out parts of X.> > Now, if X has a need for low-latency for keyboard > handling,

If X needs low-latency for keyboard, X is misdesigned.

Kernel already provides timestamped input events...
							Pavel
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