Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 May 1999 05:24:26 +0200 (CEST) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: [patch] minor fix of MAGIC SYS RQ key [was RE: MAGIC SYS RQ Key] |
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On Fri, 7 May 1999, Fagerburg, Eric D wrote:
> When using the magic sysrq key, if you release Alt before you release SysRq > the Alt key gets stuck down. The root cause is that the up/down state of > Alt is updated correctly in key_down but NOT in k_down. This persists until > compute_shiftstate gets called (when you switch virtual consoles or press > Ctrl-Alt-Shift together or ... probably other scenarios). > > The "mini" patch included at the bottom of this message fixes the problem. > The patch is against 2.2.7. > > I would appreciate feedback from anyone that has experienced this glitch > (and/or also from the maintainer of drivers/char/keyboard.c). > > This is my very first patch. Be kind. :-)
Buglet appears to be dead (poke poke poke).. yup, it's dead.
-Mike
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