linux-kernel - Re: [regression] 2.6.30 leaking keys on console switch

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:15:16 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	rjw@...k.pl, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [regression] 2.6.30 leaking keys on console switch

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Andi Kleen wrote:

> > Are you seeing with a specific keyboard type(s), or is this a general 
> > problem? 
> > Could you confirm whether it is specific either 
> > to PS2 or USB keyboards only, or it does happen for both?
> I'm only seeing it with a USB keyboard, haven't seen it with PS/2
> (but I rarely do console switches with PS/2, so might have missed it)
> The USB keyboard is a rather ordinary logitech keyboard.

Could you please gather 'evtest' output from the /dev/input/eventX device 
corresponding to your keyboard from the situation this problem triggers?

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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