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

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:50:01 +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


[added Dmitry to CC]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Andi Kleen wrote:

> One new issue I see in 2.6.30 (I think I saw it in some rc*s) too is 
> that console switch often leaks the Fkey of the console switch into the 
> target console.
> 
> The symptome is that e.g. firefox if it was active and you're switching
> into X displays its help screen (F1 = help). It happens on non X 
> consoles too, but of course the symptoms are different here.
> 
> That's a regression against 2.6.29; I don't remember it in .29
> 
> Haven't investigated code.

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?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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