Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 15:24:26 -0400 From: William Bulley <web@umich.edu> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible bug: USB keyboard's keys become sticky Message-ID: <20160506192426.GN695@dell4>
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According to Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> on Fri, 05/06/16 at 14:11: > > I would like to report a possible bug on my amd64 system running FreeBSD > 10.2. While typing with the X server running, keys of my keyboard become > 'sticky': pressing 'A' once results in multiple (dozens, sometimes hundreds) > of 'A'. This nuisance usually stops by itself and the key gets 'unstuck' > automatically after a couple of seconds. This happens only under FreeBSD > (not Linux, not Windows) and only under the X server (not when typing on the > console when there is no X). This kind of bug gives leeway to kernel > developers to blame X developers, and the other way round too! Ditto here. It is a minor annoyance, but does happen randomly. I had thought it was some sort of firmware bug with my USB keyboard. Now I no longer think that. I've seen it under 10.2-STABLE and 10.3-STABLE: unix% pkg info xorg linux-c6-xorg-libs-7.4_4 Xorg libraries (Linux CentOS 6.7) xorg-7.7_2 X.Org complete distribution metaport xorg-apps-7.7_2 X.org apps meta-port xorg-cf-files-1.0.5_1 X.org cf files for use with imake builds xorg-docs-1.7.1,1 X.org documentation files xorg-drivers-7.7_3 X.org drivers meta-port xorg-fonts-7.7_1 X.org fonts meta-port xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.7 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.7 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.7 X.Org Cyrillic bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.7 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-truetype-7.7_1 X.Org TrueType fonts xorg-fonts-type1-7.7 X.Org Type1 fonts xorg-libraries-7.7_2 X.org libraries meta-port xorg-macros-1.19.0 X.Org development aclocal macros xorg-server-1.17.4,1 X.Org X server and related programs My kernel is up to date (rebuilt on 5/5/2016). Regards, web... -- /"\ ASCII RIBBON / William Bulley \ / CAMPAIGN AGAINST / X HTML E-MAIL AND / E-MAIL: web@umich.edu / \ LISTSERV POSTINGS / 72 characters width template ----------------------------------------->|
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