From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri May 6 20:38:06 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 A2EC3B2CBF1 for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 20:38:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC4S36.hotmail.com (blu004-omc4s36.hotmail.com [65.55.111.175]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "Microsoft IT SSL SHA2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A9F81C9B for ; Fri, 6 May 2016 20:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP152 ([65.55.111.137]) by BLU004-OMC4S36.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Fri, 6 May 2016 13:37:59 -0700 X-TMN: [CcvDSJzCrwChIHHVOUtsHJMFybQzdMP0nmj3e/Qq7e4=] X-Originating-Email: [bourne.identity@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Subject: Re: Possible bug: USB keyboard's keys become sticky To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20160506192426.GN695@dell4> From: Manish Jain Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 02:07:19 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160506192426.GN695@dell4> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 May 2016 20:37:35.0721 (UTC) FILETIME=[1F689590:01D1A7D7] 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 20:38:06 -0000 On 05/07/16 00:54, William Bulley wrote: > 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. > With the amount of typing I have to do everyday, the annoyance is not minor. Once every 5 minutes - on an average, I have to delete a whole lot of junk. Regards Manish Jain