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and subject line Bug#268363: xserver-xfree86: Hammering randomly on the
keyboard results in strange behaviour
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Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6
Severity: normal
Steps to reproduce:
1) Take a one year old child
2) Allow said child to hammer at random on your keyboard
After this treatment, any keyboard input results only in characters
appearing which (I think) have the high-bit set. eg pressing m results
in a mu, d a lower-case delta (IIRC) etc etc.
Using Alt-Tab-F<x> to switch to a console results in a complete
console lockup -- no response to any keyboard input
whatsoever. Logging in over the network, I can kill & restart X which
solves the problem.
I haven't nailed down a precise key sequence which causes the problem
(for hopefully obvious reasons!). It probably has something to do with
the combinations of ctrl, alt etc and various other keys, since the
hammering happens mostly on the bottom of the keyboard!
Is there some kind of magic key combination which will result in meta
being a sticky key? I haven't been able to find anything in the docs,
but that might explain the observed X behaviour (although not the
console lockup which is presumably a kernel/X interaction triggered by
X putting the keyboard in some weird state).
cheers,
Phil
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8
Versions of packages xserver-xfree86 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii xserver-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 files and utilities common to all
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/screen-size: 17 inches (430 mm)
* xserver-xfree86/config/device/use_fbdev: false
* xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method: Advanced
xserver-xfree86/config/doublequote_in_string_error:
xserver-xfree86/config/device/bus_id:
xserver-xfree86/config/device/video_ram:
* xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/lcd: false
xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/internal:
* xserver-xfree86/config/device/driver: mga
* xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/vert-refresh: 50-160
* xserver-xfree86/config/display/default_depth: 24
* xserver-xfree86/config/display/modes: 1280x960, 1152x864, 1024x768, 800x600,
640x480
xserver-xfree86/config/modules: GLcore, bitmap, dbe, ddc, dri, extmod,
freetype, glx, int10, record, speedo, type1, vbe, xtt
xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/range_input_error:
* xserver-xfree86/autodetect_video_card: true
* xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant:
* xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/port: /dev/psaux
xserver-xfree86/config/write_files_section: true
xserver-xfree86/autodetect_monitor: true
xserver-xfree86/config/device/identifier:
* shared/default-x-server: xserver-xfree86
xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons: true
* xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout: gb
* xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/horiz-sync: 27-96
xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/identifier:
shared/no_known_x-server:
xserver-xfree86/autodetect_mouse: true
xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/mode-list: 1280x960 @ 60Hz
* xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules: xfree86
xserver-xfree86/multiple_possible_x-drivers:
* xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model: pc105
xserver-xfree86/config/write_dri_section: true
xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/zaxismapping: true
xserver-xfree86/config/device/bus_id_error:
* xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options:
xserver-xfree86/config/nonnumeric_string_error:
* xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: PS/2
shared/multiple_possible_x-servers:
xserver-xfree86/config/null_string_error:
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Closing, as suggested by the submitter.
Brice
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