Re: Key repeat (kernel Bug?)

[simon.raven@sympatico.ca]

On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 23:22:54 +0100, William R Sowerbutts composed:
> It's a kernel bug, either in the kernel's input layer, or the ADB keyboard
> driver. The kernel fails to send a key release event. 
> 
> I have a patch which turns the ADB caps lock key into a PC-style caps lock key
> so that it can be remapped to a Control key under X. This patch regularly
> reports that it fails to receive a key release event before it receives the
> next key press event from the input layer.
> 
> This happens under both X11 and at the console.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 08:30:18PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 18:39:56 +0200, Claas Langbehn wrote:
> >> sometimes, when I press a cursor key down, keep it pressed and then
> >> release it again, the cursor still keeps moving and does not stop again.
> >> It only stops, when I press another key.
> >
> >I and other users have the same problem. See
> >
> >  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=156563
> >

i get that too. i'll be scrolling down, or whatever, and it keeps
scrolling down. only if i'm scrolling down, though, which i find
strange.

simon

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