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

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Date:	Tue, 7 Aug 2007 00:40:21 -0400
From:	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>
To:	Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>
Cc:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>, teresa@...tka.net,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	CK Mailinglist <ck@....kolivas.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel cfs scheduler and xorg kbd

On Aug 01, 2007, at 11:06:00, Indan Zupancic wrote:
> Different programs, different keys "stuck", so hard to tell. The  
> amount the pressed key is repeated differs too, from double to  
> hundreds.
>
> As an apparently separate problem my mouse warps once in a while  
> too, and that's not totally fixed yet, neither with that locking  
> patch. Throw in that two of my USB ports stopped working after a  
> rare power outage, I didn't totally trust my hardware any more,  
> hence my initial reluctance to report these problems.
>
> We could have independent problems with more or less the same  
> symptoms, at least Teresa's problem seems much worse than ours, and  
> if you and Ingo only experience a stuck delete key, it might be  
> something else.

Well I've just seen an FC box (6? 7?) running a 2.6.18-ish which  
reliably experiences the same problem (randomly stuck keys), so I  
doubt very much it's CFS.  Basically keys will somewhat randomly  
repeat 6-7 times, mainly depending on how fast you're typing (the  
intern using the box typed somewhat slowly and didn't trigger it  
much, but when I borrowed his keyboard I could reliably trigger it  
once every 5 sec or so.  Unfortunately I don't have access to that  
box anymore, so I can't really debug the problem.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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