From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri May 6 19:24:29 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D8ABB31C09 for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 19:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: from mail-yw0-x233.google.com (mail-yw0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 677BB19D5 for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 19:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: by mail-yw0-x233.google.com with SMTP id g133so200627298ywb.2 for ; Fri, 06 May 2016 12:24:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=umich.edu; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version :content-disposition:user-agent; bh=Q4rauXzBuPVKvpWBAVDx5c48CNBzCvwqPsEuF7kHYew=; b=QzvftCQm1ljDaX4YahxbEsfde3DBCjH5qO2GRdMV9pRxFP/Nv/o24ZgHgW6b3jcQKp VWAiweZipSaABGsQFgpe3c0G2OKzUjEejDYms0Qw5n9lbVEnUeNGTm5Y1JbfOSiAdiso ICx/3NtSo5f61y2kynMuVDpU6yFTv+nP5tl9c= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-disposition:user-agent; bh=Q4rauXzBuPVKvpWBAVDx5c48CNBzCvwqPsEuF7kHYew=; b=iegFoinRqrpaA9Axbt9l7Bcs2ju6lI6JWbIbJjJt3nKoiUhSlVzG21KE7v5jFxOicR xSy/bf99/zM7meuPhXWI5iuyoZ/N0PrI7Dsk9MEklSKaXGiWY9aHplxf9U0C8Nea47c0 Y9c8d2ucywWerIKiiLFHE4lOxmXaHB4f85ec4om0LYVwce7gdpfk96maFSlhUn7CqUme O9VaxPVSk4P8AcDc+jK//kHfZjygJ6Z+8UO2OT47cI9AyFFtpr4lbxmOI+MhOVIC7Y9l gWf9DFpTRgb+Dcvcp6t0RdCRt8F7eWE5NRFGo0Vb+VHAsHVklK2h2EVHZgET+XsEnKe6 pAsQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FW7hBt1JAtnvEgFUUL8qcUxmUUUkDX0L7O2FqmqD0BGilXc22xDe3DleOLCkS9MgT2W X-Received: by 10.129.77.4 with SMTP id a4mr13324191ywb.71.1462562668412; Fri, 06 May 2016 12:24:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (adsl-68-252-134-230.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net. [68.252.134.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i133sm9661396ywe.4.2016.05.06.12.24.27 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 06 May 2016 12:24:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 15:24:26 -0400 From: William Bulley To: Manish Jain Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible bug: USB keyboard's keys become sticky Message-ID: <20160506192426.GN695@dell4> Mail-Followup-To: Manish Jain , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 19:24:29 -0000 According to Manish Jain 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 ----------------------------------------->|