Re: [Fwd: Re: Bug#121335: Please add the Toshiby keybounce fix]
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 00:22:23 +0100, Michel Dänzer composed:
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> Can someone who is annoyed by
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> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=156563&repeatmerged=yes
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> try to convince Herbert? :)
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from the bug report:
that have been written, instead of telling NewWorld PowerMac users that
their PS/2 keyboards are flaky.
a. oldworld AND newworld boxen have the problem;
b. PS/2 kbds aren't used on macs
c. i personally still get it - and the stickiness issue for input seem
to occur only in the keyboard not the mouse.
tho in pre-x macos, i would rarely get it - but concerning the mouse,
and would vary in different os versions, in some, the sticky scrollbar
button would be minor, and some others severe - as in frequency.
in linux, the issue seems to be only the keyboard. i personally have
never seen it in console.
convincing herbert? argh, i don't know even know him - i'd be willing to
bug him, cuz this affects a great many people, _every_single_day_.
how about this?
herbert, could you fix this, a lot of people will be extremely grateful
if you did.
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> --
> Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
> XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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> On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:01:43PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
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> > I doubt that very much as it happens with all kinds of keyboards on Macs
> > but doesn't happen in Mac OS.
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> Well as I said earlier, it's not difficult to convince me.
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> For ADB keyboards, you just have to enable dump_adb_input in
> macintosh/adb.c and recompile your kernel. If the output shows
> that you do get the release from the hardware but not the kernel
> then the issue is settled and we can find out what's going wrong.
>
> If you suspect that the problem is further down in the system,
> then you could also simply add printks to the relevant interrupt
> handler (easy to find as they usually call adb_input) to see if
> you're getting notified or not. If you don't get an interrupt,
> then you won't get any release events.
> --
> Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ )
> Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
> PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
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