On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 11:10:33PM -0400, George Koehler wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 03:52:57 +0000 > James Cook <falsif...@falsifian.org> wrote: > > > Example 1: I type some text in an editor and a few consecutive > > letters are left out. > > > > Example 2: I type a short piece of text like "openbsd", but > > instead I see "opennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" with the "n" repeating > > until I press some other key. (That was a made-up example but > > this sort of thing happens a lot.) > > ... > > I *think* it only happens with an external USB keyboard, not the > > laptop's built-in keyboard. But it's hard to be sure. (I have > > observed it with more than one external keyboard.) Similarly, > > I've never seen it happen at a text virtual terminal, but that > > may be because I spend almost all my time in X11. > > I had this problem, but only with one key (the spacebar) on one of > my external USB keyboards. I fixed it by switching to a different > keyboard. Your problem is different. > > When your problem happens, I would try unplugging the keyboard, then > reconnecting it, perhaps into a different USB port. This trick > sometimes fixed my old usb wi-fi rum(4). > > A USB hub might help. My old laptop's USB ports might be worn by the > years, so some devices might fail to connect. I got a hub to connect, > then put 5 devices on the hub. My wi-fi rum and keyboard are on this > hub. If the rum fails again, then I would test my keyboard; and if > the keyboard works, then I wouldn't blame my laptop's USB port. > > I have not observed a bug with keyboards in OpenBSD; > my keyboards work well. > > --George
Thanks for the ideas. A new observation: as for as I can tell, the problem (almost) only happens when Firefox is running. Note I'm not necessarily typing into Firefox --- the problem occurs when typing into an xterm with all my Firefox windows hidden. I say "almost" because I also see it when I type my username into xenodm; of course, Firefox is not running then but often a few letters are lost. I've tried spending periods of time using Chrome instead of Firefox, (or with no browser running) and as far as I can tell, the problem has never happened during those periods. Re particular suggestions: I normally use a USB hub, but have also seen the problem without it. I will try unplugging and re-plugging, but note the problem is already very short-lived and intermittent; by the time I notice it's happened, all I have to do is press a key and everything's back to normal until who knows when. -- James
