Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:20:31 -0700 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: Keys get stuck |
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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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