I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 15:11, james_mcl <124...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Daniel - where you say that you can press any key to release the stuck > one - over the years the bug's behaviour has varied, in some > versions of > Ubuntu I've been able to stop the repeting keypress by pressing > another > key, in others not. At the moment I usually seem to be able to stop it > by pressing another key several times until it's recognised - so I > THINK > that the bug has at least become less severe at some point between > Intrepid and Maverick. > > Like Marius says, it is true that nobody knows how many underlying > bugs > are causing this and where they lie - I should have asked Bryce what > to > file this as a bug in; however going by his comment #285 I assumed > xorg. > > Daniel, could you specify whether your external keyboard is PS/2, USB, > or something else? Somebody on Ubuntu Forums directed me to a > discussion > thread where users of high-end Windows machines were experiencing it > on > PS/2 keyboards - one person blaming this on their having hardware > running faster than PS/2 was designed for. Probably not an accurate > description of most people's situation, but it does suggest that > knowing > the type of any external keyboard tried might be relevant. > > I'll be installing Natty today, so either today or tomorrow I should > be > able to say whether that fixed it for me or not. > > -- > 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-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
