I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 12:35, james_mcl <124...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> This is a two-part reply to Bryce Harrington's comment #294. > > 1.) I really have to take issue with your statement that "it's a minor > annoyance (rather than an X lockup or crash)". When the key that gets > stuck is "Delete", for instance, this has the potential to wipe out > entire directories, and the consequences when the key in question is > Enter are utterly unpredictable. Furthermore, for instances of the bug > when subsequent key presses/releases are ignored and the key remains > stuck, the result - a reboot and loss of unsaved data - is preceisely > what would occur if X locked up or crashed. > > 2.) You ask people "to file *new* bugs and be very specific about the > issue (with exact steps to reproduce, up to date logs, etc.)". Would > it > be sufficient to run > > ubuntu-bug xorg > > referencing bug 124406, and then > > apport-collect (number of new bug) > > or is there any more information you would need that would not be > supplied by this? (if so, please specify what this would be.) > > Thanks, > > James McLaughlin. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of > Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 > > Title: > Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat > > Status in GNU Emacs: > Invalid > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: > New > Status in The Linux Kernel: > Confirmed > Status in X.Org X server: > In Progress > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: > Won't Fix > Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: > Won't Fix > Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: > Invalid > Status in Gentoo Linux: > New > > Bug description: > Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often > get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are > physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it > gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. > > My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous > configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. > Others > have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. > > The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, > everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different > keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). > > My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. > Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the > key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with > Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. > It > also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and > Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. > > PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. > ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses > don't > register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and > everything. Hope this helps. > > See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
