Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 02:07:19 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible bug: USB keyboard's keys become sticky Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP152D990C948605909928E61F67D0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20160506192426.GN695@dell4> References: <20160506192426.GN695@dell4>
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On 05/07/16 00:54, William Bulley wrote: > 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. > 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
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