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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:31:50 +0100 (CET) From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> To: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de> cc: Jan Knutar <jk-lkml@....fi>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@...la.net>, David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, "Fred ." <eldmannen@...il.com> Subject: Re: Keys get stuck On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > I'm not sure if it's the same issue or not, they don't repeat > > "forever" for me, it just makes my speeellllliingggg llllooookkk > > teerrriibbblle. Like that. Before this happens, letters usually stop > > appearing on screen as I'm typing. I usually stop typing at that > > point, since I know it will just become a mess. > Yes, that's the symptom I was refering to. If you see that under > reasonable CPU load, and _without_ major swapping going on, then I'd be > suspicious of scheduler trouble. Swap can definitely keep X off the cpu > for extended periods, and that seems to be what triggers the repeated > keys behavior. (I've never troubleshot it, so must say _seems_) I have a hard time calling this a kernel scheduler trouble. My understanding is that X are sometimes unhappy how kernel schedules them when under load, and that triggers bug in X autorepeat code. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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