From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262859AbVGHUkG (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:40:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262821AbVGHUi5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:38:57 -0400 Received: from relay03.pair.com ([209.68.5.17]:32787 "HELO relay03.pair.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262851AbVGHUfj (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:35:39 -0400 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.2.107 Message-ID: <42CEE39B.3050803@cybsft.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:35:39 -0500 From: "K.R. Foley" Organization: Cybersoft Solutions, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mr.fred.smoothie@pobox.com CC: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Real-Time Preemption -RT-V0.7.51-17 - Keyboard Problems References: <42CEC7B0.7000108@cybsft.com> <20050708191326.GA6503@elte.hu> <161717d505070812385dea6099@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <161717d505070812385dea6099@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dave Neuer wrote: > On 7/8/05, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >>* K.R. Foley wrote: >> >> >>>Ingo, >>> >>>I have an issue with keys VERY SPORADICALLY repeating, SOMETIMES, when >>>running the RT patches. > > > > >>>2.6.12 doesn't seem to have the >>>problem at all, only when running the RT patches. It SEEMS to have >>>gotten worse lately. > > > > >>>Adjusting the delay in the keyboard repeat seems to help. Any ideas? >> >>hm. Would be nice to somehow find a condition that triggers it. > > > FWIW, I've had this problem from time to time on my Compaq Presario > x1010us laptop (which also uses the ICH-4 chipset) with several kernel > versions between 2.6.7 and 2.6.12, and I have _not_ been running the > RT patches (though I plan to start soon). > > It seems to only happen when the laptop has been running for a while. > Also, X has been running each time. When it occurs, the stuck key > events follow the mouse focus from window to window, and in the few > cases where I'm able to either switch out of X to a different VT or > kill X, the keyboard is still "wedged" -- if I recall correctly, > switching VTs results in no keyboard events reaching that VT (as if X > is still consuming them). Can't remember what happens when I've > successfully killed X. I have seen this happen once or twice, but this behaves more like the keyboard really is stuck. The situation I am having is very brief repeats of a key rather than just sticking forever. FWIW, when I have seen the above situation it behaved just as you described with the stuck key following the focus. > > Again, happens uncommonly enough that I haven't put much effort into > debugging it. > > Anyway, unless it's a similar but unlrelated bug, it's not _caused_ by RT. > > Dave > -- kr