linux-kernel - Re: [ck] Re: Linux Kernel cfs scheduler and xorg kbd

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Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:18:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:	"Indan Zupancic" <indan@....nu>
To:	"Rene Herman" <rene.herman@...il.com>
Cc:	S�bastien Dugu� 
	<sebastien.dugue@...l.net>, teresa@...tka.net,
	"Matthew Hawkins" <darthmdh@...il.com>,
	"Michal Piotrowski" <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"CK Mailinglist" <ck@....kolivas.org>,
	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [ck] Re: Linux Kernel cfs scheduler and xorg kbd

On Thu, August 2, 2007 14:22, Rene Herman wrote:
> On 08/02/2007 09:11 AM, S�bastien Dugu� wrote:
>
>> This reminds me I had something similar happening about a year or so ago
>> running with Debian's unstable xorg and gnome.
>>
>> The keys would stick for a short time (no, no coffee spilled on the
>> keyboard, I can assure you ;-), the most annoying one being the delete
>> key. Nothing deterministic, it could happen anytime (or not at all for
>> several days).
>>
>> As a final resort, I upgraded the xorg and gnome packages - problem
>> solved.
>
> Thank you. That "about a year" sounds possible; slackware has been one of
> the last to switch to modular xorg and until recently I was still running
> the old 6.9 series, so it could be xorg...

Well, I'm running xorg since 2004, and hadn't the sticking key problem
until a few months ago, half a year max. I didn't install a new xorg
version just before the problem went away, and I'm using Fluxbox.

Oh well, the problem's gone now, no matter how or why.

Greetings,

Indan


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