Bug#462441: xserver-xorg: alt key gets stuck

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> Ah, I'll check next time it gets stuck. But anyway, note that
> according to xev it is not pressed. What I mean is that if I press i,
> I get something like
>
> KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
>     root 0x64, subw 0x0, time 720975848, (99,127), root:(128,213),
>     state 0x0, keycode 31 (keysym 0x69, i), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (69) "i"
>     XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (69) "i"
>     XFilterEvent returns: False
>
> In particular, the "state" is 0x0 and not... 0x80, if I remember well.
>   

I think that's 0x8 instead of 0x80 but it doesn't matter, I got the idea :)

>> Does reverting to the previous xserver-xorg-core (git20080105 or so,
>> from snapshot.debian.net) fix this problem immediately?
>>     
>
> You mean, while it is in "alt stuck", I downgrade and I see if it
> solves the problem without restarting any program?
>   


No, I just meant "after downgrading and restarting X, does the obvious
disappear?"


By the way, can you try without any Xkb config in xorg.conf? (for
instance with no xorg.conf at all).

Brice