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Date:      Wed, 10 May 2006 00:13:10 -0300
From:      Marcus Alves Grando <mnag@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Emil Mikulic <emil@cs.rmit.edu.au>
Cc:        emax@FreeBSD.org, current@freebsd.org, Pascal Hofstee <caelian@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: kbdmux oddity ?
Message-ID:  <44615A46.6020009@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060510020336.GA25800@cs.rmit.edu.au>
References:  <1147219290.1410.6.camel@synergy.odyssey.homeunix.org> <20060510020336.GA25800@cs.rmit.edu.au>

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Emil Mikulic wrote:
> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 05:01:30PM -0700, Pascal Hofstee wrote:
>> I recently decided to add kbdmux support to my default kernel config
>> since i noticed at times that upon kernel panics and similar events my
>> USB keyboard goes dead.
>>
>> Today i got to actually installing a kbdmux enabled kernel and came to
>> the conclusion that even though keys like Capslock, Numlock and
>> Scrolllock perform the functions they're supposed to do, the keyboard
>> leds seem to arbitrarily decide wether or not they want to toggle
>> on/off.
>>
>> on console i noticed that usually after hitting e.g. caps lock a few
>> times the leds decdide to "work with me again" and toggle on/off
>> accordingly .. until i hit any actual textual input .. at which point
>> the previous eratic behavior has resurfaced.
>>
>> Similar problems exist in X as well ... though seem to be even more
>> eratic there.
>>
>> Removing kbdmux from my kernel seems to restore normality again.
>>
>> Am i the only one seeing these problems ?
> 
> I'm seeing a similar (but different?) problem - I get an interrupt storm
> every time I hit Caps Lock or Num Lock, or flip VTs in text mode.  If
> XMMS is running, the music skips.

I already get this too and already report to kbdmux maintainer.

Regards

-- 
Marcus Alves Grando
marcus(at)corp.grupos.com.br  |  Grupos Internet S/A
  mnag(at)FreeBSD.org         |  FreeBSD.org



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