From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269719AbUJAHNq (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Oct 2004 03:13:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269722AbUJAHNp (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Oct 2004 03:13:45 -0400 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:19073 "EHLO midnight.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269719AbUJAHNo (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Oct 2004 03:13:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:13:23 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Strange 2.6.9-rc3 keyboard repeat behavior Message-ID: <20041001071323.GA5779@ucw.cz> References: <415C8D7F.3020505@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <415C8D7F.3020505@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 06:49:35PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > After booting into 2.6.9-rc3 release kernel, I am seeing strange and > annoying keyboard repeat behavior. > > If I hold down a single key, while in X, the character will repeat at > the expected (2.6.9-rc2 and prior) rate... for 1 second. > > After 1 second, the keyboard repeat rate slows to half or more. > > Can we please fix this? Config attached. How does it behave on the console? The problem is that X generates its own software autorepeat and ignores what the kernel feeds it. So I suppose this might be more a gettimeofday or scheduling problem than one with the input layer. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR