Re: Keyboard oddness.

[Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>]

On Saturday 20 September 2003 18:18, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 04:33:22PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> > I've mentioned my keyboard repeat problems before.  I grepped through the
> > logs and found a whole bunch of these type messages:
> >
> > Aug 17 05:28:48 atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0x1d0,
> > on isa0060/serio0) pressed.
> > Aug 19 09:06:51 atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0x8e,
> > on isa0060/serio0) pressed.
>
> ...
>
> These are key releases for keys i8042.c didnt know were down.
> If otherwise your keyboard functions well, this is harmless.

It doesn't.  It's missing key release events left and right.  About twice an 
hour a key well get "stuck".  X is okay once you press a second key, but if a 
VT gets a key stuck, it doesn't come back.

> > Sep  2 13:37:52 atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 0, scancode 0xfc,
> > on isa0060/serio1) pressed.
> > Sep  2 13:37:52 atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 0, scancode 0xfc,
> > on isa0060/serio1) pressed.
>
> I suppose these are error codes from your mouse.
> If so, it is a bug that they ever went to atkbd.c.

The mouse sometimes sticks as well, just like the keyboard.  (Click and the 
button is held down for no reason.)

I suspect the bug is actually in the new input core...

> Andries

Rob