From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755115AbYKDR76 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:59:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753702AbYKDR7q (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:59:46 -0500 Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.115]:65320 "EHLO mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753623AbYKDR7p (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:59:45 -0500 Message-ID: <49108D92.9070306@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:59:46 -0800 From: Larry Finger User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080922) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pavel Machek CC: Alan , LKML Subject: Re: System hang from holding left shift key References: <490EAB65.1000908@lwfinger.net> <20081104105600.GA4514@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> In-Reply-To: <20081104105600.GA4514@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Pavel Machek wrote: >> While absentmindedly holding down the left shift key as I was thinking about my >> next input, I froze the keyboard. After 3 seconds, the system sounded a high >> beep, and then a low beep after another 3 seconds. At that point, no key entry >> had any effect. From the beeps, one might conclude that the input buffer is >> full, but a CTRL/U did not clear it. Fortunately, a short press on the power >> button shut down the machine cleanly. >> >> I don't know if this is a regression. I found it in v2.6.28-rc2, but the oldest >> kernel that I could test (v2.6.24) already has the problem. >> >> When the beeps occur, a stack dump is as follows: > > What kind of machine is that...? I can't reproduce it here, do I need > some accessibility options enabled? It is an HP dv2815nr notebook with an Turion X2 CPU running the x86_64 version of openSUSE 11.0. I'm not running any special options that I know about. The only strange thing is that the shift keys autorepeat. Larry