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    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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