linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-git15 Keyboard Issue?

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803281223360.5541@jikos.suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:24:39 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Chris Holvenstot <cholvenstot@...cast.net>
cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-git15 Keyboard Issue?

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Chris Holvenstot wrote:

> I have not see the problem with "repeating keys" for a while now - since 
> it was a "soft" failure I can not specify exactly which build was the 
> last I saw it on.
> I am currently running 2.6.25-rc7-git2
> If you have questions abount the configuration of my kernel my config
> file is attached.

Hi,

I think that this was one of the issues that were caused by 
CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED, which were fixed a few weeks ago.

Still, the real issue is in Xorg, that their autorepeat code is very 
unhappy when X process doesn't get scheduled often enough.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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