linux-kernel - Re: keyboard under X with 2.6.31

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Date:	Thu, 8 Oct 2009 23:55:19 -0300 (BRST)
From:	"Frédéric L. W. Meunier" 
	<fredlwm@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: keyboard under X with 2.6.31

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 05:19:25PM -0300, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote:
>> My keyboard (ABNT2 PS/2) seems to be broken under X with 2.6.31.2. After
>> less than an hour, it starts acting crazy. The first time, all leds
>> turned off and I couldn't type anything. The second time, all leds also
>> turned off, but since it happened while I was pressing the Backspace key
>> to delete text, it continued deleting, like if the key was pressed.
>>
>> In both cases, the mouse (USB) still works and I can exit X, where the
>> keyboard works. There's nothing in the logs.
>>
>> No problem with 2.6.30.9. Is it supposed to be a kernel or X bug ?
>
> It would be interestig to see if the same keyboard continues to work in
> console... if it does then I'd blame X.

I can exit X with the mouse and do anything in the console after 
that.

I just reported it to the XOrg mailing-list.

Anyway, I wonder if DRI could mess with the keyboard. I suppose 
there were changes (and Radeon related) from 2.6.30 to 2.6.31. 
But I can test with it disabled.