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SubjectRe: Real-Time Preemption -RT-V0.7.51-17 - Keyboard Problems
Dave Neuer wrote:
> On 7/8/05, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
>>* K.R. Foley <kr@cybsft.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ingo,
>>>
>>>I have an issue with keys VERY SPORADICALLY repeating, SOMETIMES, when
>>>running the RT patches.
>
>
> <snip>
>
>>>2.6.12 doesn't seem to have the
>>>problem at all, only when running the RT patches. It SEEMS to have
>>>gotten worse lately.
>
>
> <snip>
>
>>>Adjusting the delay in the keyboard repeat seems to help. Any ideas?
>>
>>hm. Would be nice to somehow find a condition that triggers it.
>
>
> FWIW, I've had this problem from time to time on my Compaq Presario
> x1010us laptop (which also uses the ICH-4 chipset) with several kernel
> versions between 2.6.7 and 2.6.12, and I have _not_ been running the
> RT patches (though I plan to start soon).
>
> It seems to only happen when the laptop has been running for a while.
> Also, X has been running each time. When it occurs, the stuck key
> events follow the mouse focus from window to window, and in the few
> cases where I'm able to either switch out of X to a different VT or
> kill X, the keyboard is still "wedged" -- if I recall correctly,
> switching VTs results in no keyboard events reaching that VT (as if X
> is still consuming them). Can't remember what happens when I've
> successfully killed X.

I have seen this happen once or twice, but this behaves more like the
keyboard really is stuck. The situation I am having is very brief
repeats of a key rather than just sticking forever. FWIW, when I have
seen the above situation it behaved just as you described with the stuck
key following the focus.

>
> Again, happens uncommonly enough that I haven't put much effort into
> debugging it.
>
> Anyway, unless it's a similar but unlrelated bug, it's not _caused_ by RT.
>
> Dave
>


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