I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 12 May 2011, at 11:23, Bryce Harrington <124...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> As I mentioned earlier, this was on the agenda for the xserver > wishlist > bugs session at UDS, and was discussed yesterday. From reviewing the > current status of the bug here and upstream, there seems to be a > legitimate issue in general, however the general fix for this (e.g. > Ajax's branch) are not things we would want to risk pulling in as a > backport, nor something of high enough importance for the ubuntu x > team > to invest time into, so for these reasons we're closing the issue as a > wontfix at this time. > > However, we are concerned about the cases where specific hardware is > significantly broken (as several have described in recent comments). > But these issues are difficult to analyze and work on within the > context > of this particular bug report. For users with issues that need deeper > investigation, please file a NEW bug using this command: > > $ ubuntu-bug xorg > > It would be helpful if you can reference bug 124406, and include the > word 'keyboard' in the title so it gets autofiled predictably. > > > ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) > Status: Triaged => Won't Fix > > -- > 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: > Invalid > 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: > Won't Fix > 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-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in 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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
