Re: Auto-repeat problem: released key not always detected
On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 10:09:35PM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote:
> On 19 Aug, this message from Vincent Lefevre echoed through cyberspace:
> > Sometimes, when I release a key after autorepeat, the system doesn't
> > notice it and autorepeat goes on until I hit another key. This has
> > already occurred in both emacs (with its own interface under X) and
> > xterm, never in the console (but I don't use it very much). This can
> > occur with either keys corresponding to simple characters (like '-')
> > or arrow keys for instance.
> >
> > Has anyone had similar problems?
>
> As you have found out ;-), many people have seen this problem, and it
> has been around for a long time.
>
> It is most probably a problem in the ADB driver. Chris, on your iMac, is
> that with a USB keyboard? If yes, then it gets stranger...
Yes, and it happens quite often when I'm typing a lot. Of course it
could be a flaky keyboard.
On a PB5300 I have, the keyboard went completely wacko. The control key
got stuck 'down', so nothing is possible with it. I'm using it for a
spare SCSI disk now.
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