From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Keys get stuck Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:04:44 -0700 Message-ID: <20080311170444.5792e902.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:53816 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750973AbYCLAFP (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:05:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: "Fred ." Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org (cc linux-input) On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:32:14 +0100 "Fred ." wrote: > I (and many others) have a problem. > > I am using Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" (alpha). > xorg 1:7.3+10ubuntu6 > Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Mon Mar 10 15:32:00 UTC 2008 > i686 GNU/Linux > > MSI P35 Neo motherboard with a HP USB keyboard. > > Sometimes the keys get "stuck" and it keeps on repeating the button > all the time. > It often happen when I play games, that it repeats one of the arrow keys. > > Now this is a problem that lots of people have experienced. > I've experienced it with other kernels too. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/194214 > > It is a very annoying bug, that happens to many users. > Restarting Xorg solves the problem. > > Someone said this was a problem with dynticks, but I don't know. > > Does anyone know what is causing this problem, and how to fix it? >