Comment 210 for bug 124406
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| David Oftedal (rounin) wrote Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy) | #210 |
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(Get the code!)
An old mailing list posting regarding the kernels 2.6.0-test1 and -test4 may hold the answer to the problem:
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:55:46PM +0000, xsdg wrote:
> What would happen if the kernel received two keypress events, and then one key-
> release event for a single key? I'd imagine that it'd disregard the duplicate
> keypress
The answers differ for 2.4 and 2.6. For 2.4 each keypress is a keypress,
and key releases are rather unimportant as long as the key is not a
modifier key. For 2.6 we have synthetic repeat, so a second keypress from
the keyboard is ignored, the key repeats with kernel-defined frequency,
and the repeat is ended by the key release.
> any idea what might cause the key sticking problem?
If a key release is not seen, 2.4 doesnt mind, but 2.6 keeps repeating.
> Also, I'm not sure how the final issue I described
Do not recall all items of all letters I answer - sorry.
Andries
If this is the source of the problem, then the only permanent solution would probably be to downgrade to a 2.4 kernel or use another operating system.