Bug#451623: xserver-xorg-input-kbd: KeyPresses and KeyReleases are in a totally random order when using Shift

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@gmail.com>]

reassign 451623 xserver-xorg-core
forcemerge 443250 451623
thank you



Dr. ERDI Gergo wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-kbd
> Version: 1:1.2.2-3
> Severity: important
> 
> Using a Microsoft
> Natural 4000 keyboard, I've noticed that pressing Shift after certain
> keys doesn't work, so while I can type e.g. 'sL' without pausing
> between 's' and 'L', I can't do the same in e.g. 'xL', I have to wait
> a bit between releasing 'x', pressing Shift, and the pressing
> 'l'. This makes programming practically impossible at any decent
> speed...

This is a bug in the Xserver core, already reported in #443250, upstream
at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12858 and fixed in
upstream git.
Wait a couple days for Xserver 1.4.1 to arrive (or apply the patch from
the upstream bug in the meantime).

Cheers,
Brice