linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-git15 Keyboard Issue?

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Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:23:16 -0500
From:	Mark Hounschell <markh@...pro.net>
To:	Chris Holvenstot <cholvenstot@...cast.net>
CC:	Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-git15 Keyboard Issue?

Chris Holvenstot wrote:
> I built 2.6.24-git15 this morning and seem to have picked up a little
> “funny” along the way – occasionally what should be a single key stroke
> ends up spraying multiple characters on to my screen.
> 
> 
> By this I mean I type “w” and get “wwwwwwwww” or whatever. 
> 
> 
> This has happened a number of times with random keys so I don't think
> that it is a sticky key and I did not see this on previous builds.
> 
> 
> Has anyone else had this happen to them?  While they were sober that
> is.    
> 

This or similar has been going on for over a year now. At least on SuSE distros.

See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=223561

Comment 22 in particular.

Regards
Mark
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