linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.25-rc1] jerky mouse cursor and randoooom key repeats

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Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:04:08 -0500
From:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Chris Holvenstot <cholvenstot@...cast.net>, elendil@...net.nl,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6.25-rc1] jerky mouse cursor and randoooom key repeats

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:01:55PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> OK, so what very probably happened is that CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED somehow 
> schedules X server in a way which confuses its sense of time, and 
> therefore makes autorepeat buggy ... ?

Well in my case this has been happening quite a long time, and I am
currently running 2.6.22 from Debian and I don't see any such config
option in the config.

$ grep SCHED /boot/config-2.6.22-3-k7
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=y
CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED="cfq"
CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y
# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TT_NEWSCHED is not set
# CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS is not set

So no idea what could have started the problem originally.  I guess I
have to start booting some older kernels and seeing if that helps.

--
Len Sorensen
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