Re: Keys get stuck

Theodore Tso
2008-03-12T14:47:30Z

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:14:56PM +1030, David Newall wrote:
> It should be said that X implements auto-repeat out of necessity. While
> the kernel can report key down and up events, its further interpretation
> of those events is not appropriate. Many combinations of events are
> possible, such as keyboard plus mouse, and this precludes the kernel
> from providing a full interpretation. It would be wrong for it to even
> try. X is the proper place to implement auto-repeat for X.

The problem is that under heavy load the auto-repeat problem is real;
I've seen it as well, and it means that I've started to try to avoid
"make -j4" since that's a great way to trigger it.

- Ted