[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I have a keyboard a4tech KV-300h and the bug reproduce on windows too. I have already tried to replace to another a new keyboard. The problem isn't gone. I found out if I use embedded USB port of keyboard to connect a mouse then the problem reproduce very often. Also I tested my keyboard on macbook pro. There is everything works fine. System: Host: adrug-X470-AORUS-ULTRA-GAMING Kernel: 5.13.0-23-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal Machine: Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING v: N/A serial: N/A Mobo: Gigabyte model: X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING-CF v: x.x serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F61 date: 07/13/2021 CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen L2 cache: 3072 KiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 86394 Speed: 2200 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2200 2: 2189 3: 2199 4: 2200 5: 2199 6: 2199 7: 2199 8: 2200 9: 2249 10: 2198 11: 2200 12: 2199 Graphics: Device-1: AMD vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 0c:00.0 Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 2560x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (DIMGREY_CAVEFISH DRM 3.41.0 5.13.0-23-generic LLVM 12.0.1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.0-devel direct render: Yes -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
It is notable to see so much Fujitsu Siemens hardware affected. I have the same issue with the onboard USB 2.0 of a Fujitsu Siemens P710 E90+ Intel i5 3470 desktop computer. The problem occurs with any of my Varmilo VA88M keyboards, but not with a Cherry Cymotion G-224. The Varmilo keyboards work perfectly fine on any other desktop computer I tested but which happened to be not of the Fujitsu brand. However, only on the Fujitsu Siemens P710, both Varmilo keyboards would very often, but not always, stuck and repeat key combinations like Ctrl+C. This never happened in combination with the Cherry keyboard. So it seems, reproducibility of this issue depends on both the computer and the keyboard hardware. Fed up with this behaviour, I recently installed a NEC USB 2.0 card in its single conventional PCI slot. The problem never reoccurred over the span of two weeks now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
The bug is still here in Ubuntu 18.04.1 on Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 (last available BIOS for my model is installed) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
wow! see this was opened in 2007. just googled this from the future (i am in 2018) and found this. using ubuntu 18. found that what was causing it in my case was a clipboard manager i use here. closing the clipboard manager stopped the bleeding. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm sorry for flooding this thread, but I have more experience to share. After another reboot in "clocksource=jiffies" mode, I saw that 1 OS second passes in real 0.5 seconds. But the rest of the system was pretty stable. Keyboard auto-repeat was twice as fast, but did not get triggered inadvertently. I did another reboot in "clocksource=jiffies" mode and opened the online clock application. Initially the clock speed seemed normal. After 20-30 seconds it became twice as fast. Then from the console, I started an application with an infinite loop therein. That made the clock seconds turn very very fast. Probably CPU speed has influence here. Good news is that when I changed the boot option to "clocksource=tsc", I got stable results even after a few reboots. Seconds seem to pass as fast as they should be. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
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[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm not sure whether it gives any information, but here is some output from journalctl, where the bug happens (no "clocksource=jiffies" boot option is used): $ journalctl -k | grep clocksource clocksource: refined-jiffies: mask: 0x max_cycles: 0x, max_idle_ns: 7645519600211568 ns clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0x max_cycles: 0x, max_idle_ns: 764504178510 ns clocksource: Switched to clocksource refined-jiffies clocksource: tsc: mask: 0x max_cycles: 0x2879c5f06f2, max_idle_ns: 440795220049 ns clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc clocksource: timekeeping watchdog on CPU0: Marking clocksource 'tsc' as unstable because the skew is too large: clocksource: 'refined-jiffies' wd_now: fffedcd0 wd_last: fffedc58 mask: clocksource: 'tsc' cs_now: 13ccf176fe cs_last: 13299ba17d mask: kernel: tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to clocksource watchdog kernel: clocksource: Switched to clocksource refined-jiffies -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
(Note: I intentionally don't fix repeated characters cccassee by that issue in my message below) I'm affected by ttthhhee sssame issue. Initially I have installed Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS. While installing it, I had to add the boot parameter "acpi=off" in grub settings (both for the installer anddfor booting of the installed OS). Otherwise, I got a freeze on boot. aafter installation, I got this probleee. But next to issues with repeated keys, I got temporary freezes in firefox. I see that sometimes the caret is applicaatioons flickers too fast (and that is when I get repeated characters). And other strange issues. I opened a clock application in https://www.online-stopwatch.com/online- clock/ and I saw that the speed offf the "seconds" needle is not regular, and it sometimes moves backward bbb 10 to 15 seconds. There is really something wrong with system time. Then I have upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10, but it was the same (but I got additional issues because of the upgrade :( ). And the solution was the one from comment #356 from this thread ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/124406/comments/356 ), which adds a "clocksource=jiffies" boot option. I'm not done yet. Now I have a hang on Ubuntu shutdown ( https://askubuntu.com/questions/764568/ubuntu-16-04-hangs-on-shutdown- restart ), and the suggested solution there is ... forcing acpi in boot options :( I have no idea whether this issue is related my acpi issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I have a lead may be Given scenario I have my keyboard stuck (i.e. I can't do andything with my keyboard) I suspend my laptop using mouse and voilà my keyboard is working again Hope this helps!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
in my situation - keyboard imitated of clicking '1', '2', '3' etc. even if I didn't work on keyboard and mouse for 30 min to several hours. The symbols that were stucked (imitated) didn't repet the symbols I manually typed before. The bug appeared more often when RealVNC server or TeamViewer server worked (and I typed symbols and moved mouse remotely - and VNC server or TeamViewer server received this symbols and mouse movements). Every time then bug began - it repeated from 1 to some hundreds of same symbols - and I every time can stop the bug by pressing any key phisically in keyboard or remotely via VNC server or TeamViewer server (but after such a stopping the bug - it could be begin again after period from 0.5 seconds to some hours). THE PROBLEM SOLVED in my situation by phisically removing the USB device called 'SkypeMate' (USB-B2K model) (this device connects Skype software on desktop via USB with wire connected to standard office phone device to make calls via it). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
thank you all for help! as I already understood - in this topic users reports
about DIFFERENT bugs (but the same sympthoms) - if you are lazy to read this
topic above:
1) if your dmesg log contains USB errors ('reset low speed USB device' or
other) - try to physically unplug USB devices (mayby onboard keyboards in
notebooks seen as like USB devices in some situations?) or re-plug to ANOTHER
USB controller; try to use USB keyboard (another keyboard); try to disable
legacy USB support in BIOS. This is kernel problem.
2) if your dmesg log contains non-USB errors ('Unknown key released' or
something else) -
try to change the BIOS setting 'Plug and play OS' to it's default state ('No');
try to disable WiFi adapter;
try to disable OpenGl in KDE, Gnome, ... ;
try to set atkbd.softrepeat=1 parameter to the kernel boot parameters in Grub;
try to unload the battery, AC and thermal modules of kernel after booting;
try to set acpi=off parameter to the kernel boot parameters in Grub;
try to disable legacy USB support in BIOS;
try to execute xset r rate 1000 50 command;
try to set in BIOS do not check if PCI-express videocard not installed search
for PCI video card, if not - try to initialize internal video card - instead of
it set BIOS to initialize your existing video card first;
try to disable auto-repeat keys in keyboard in KDE or Gnome settings;
try to switch to another kernel;
try to execute xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.us-101 each time the bug
occurs;
try to set highres=off nohz=off noapm parameters to the kernel boot parameters
in Grub;
try to remove gnome-sensors-applet , lm_sensors , net-snmp-libs , hplip , hpijs
, net-snmp packages or packages with same functionality;
try to edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and remove the word 'keyboard' from line
HOOKS=... ;
try to remove gnome-accessibility-themes , gnome-accessibility-themes-extras
accessibility packages or packages with same functionality;
try to remove hotkeys-setup package or package with same functionality;
try to report at bugs.launchpad.net and ubuntuforums.org about this bug
(include your list of hardware (lspci command) and Linux version (uname -a
command) and dmesg log)
This is a kernel problem also.
useful links (are already listed above in this thread):
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9147
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9448
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/39315
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12021
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[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
also found this bug after installing (at the middle of June 2014) fresh copy of ubuntu-14.04-beta2-server-amd64.iso AND NOTHING ELSE! (no KDE, Gnome etc.) predominantly arbitrarily keys presses digit '1', digit '2', digit '3', left and right arrows and Enter. My Ubuntu is installed at sda7 of hard disk, sda1 is partition for Win XP (then I boot in Windows, no any bugs with keyboard!), grub installed into sda Master Block Record), I selected Russian language before installin server, and updates are downloading during install, software sources enabled: main, universe, restricted, multiverse, download server is Main server (not local for Russian Federation), other software sources: Canonical partners, Canonical partners (source code), Independent, Independent (source code), Important security updates, Recommended updates, Pre-released updates, Unsupported updates, Release upgrade: long term support releases only. my configuration is Asus P5G41T-M LX motherboard (northbridge Intel G41, southbridge Intel ICH7) with Pentium Dual-core CPU E5700 @ 3.00 GHz, 4 Gb dual-channel memory. Removing the keyboard physically from PS/2 socket does not solve the problem. Also I installed fresh copy of ubuntu-14.04-beta2-server-amd64.iso and selected English and also found this bug (after KDE (kubuntu-desktop package) installed or before I install KDE, I don't remember), also found this bug after installing fresh copy of ubuntu-12.04.4-server-amd64.iso (with Russian selected) and kubuntu-desktop package (I am not sure if this bug will not appear after installing fresh copy of ubuntu-12.04.4-server-amd64.iso without KDE), but in 12.04.4 this bug appears more rarely then in 14.04. This bug appears more often when I use RealVNC or TeamViewer and remotely control my computer (in KDE enviromnent). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
also found this bug (keyboard imitates of pressing '1', '2', '3' and Enter) after installing of fresh copy of ubuntu 14.04 stable x64 server and when installing xorg and kubuntu-desktop meta package also found this bug after installing of fresh copy of ubuntu 12.04.4 stable x64 server and when installing xorg and kubuntu-desktop meta package, but more rarely when in 14.04 my keyboard is physically well (dual-booting into Windows on this machine shows no problems), this bug exists if I change the keyboard to another. If I reboot the computer and never click a button on keyboard (but work with it through RealVNC server and viewer - press any buttons on keyboard at other computer and VNC viewer sends it to server) - the bug appears again The bug also appears sometimes after some hoгs of user inactivity (VNC viewers also disconnected for some hours) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Dear developers, maybe a information that helps localize the error: It is intermittent, and obviously related to a very few packages. The last days, it did not occur, and now since I updated (from 13th to 14th of May 2014) from the sources trusty-security, -updates, -proposed and -backports, the error appears twice an hour. Maybe you could have a look at these packages, as they seem to influence the behaviour. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Dear all, just wanted to add: Also in 14.04 64bit the error is present, multiple times a day. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Update for 14.04 beta 64 bit: The same error still also in this version... I think this error, which really impedes productivity, will be turning me away from Ubuntu. :( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Another workaround for me is to login to text console (not graphical UI) and remove all settings in home folder. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Yes, me too, Ubuntu 13.10 :'( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I’ve never experienced this problem on 13.04, but strangely enough, it happens very often to me with 13.10. Laptop’s keyboard works fine, but Bluetooth one stutters every now and then. ** Tags added: saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Just chiming in to say that this bug affects me too. Asus K55n laptop with Ubuntu 13.04. It randomly acts like sticky keys are enabled. A minute ago I hit ctrl and it acted as if I was holding ctrl until I logged out. Extremely annoying! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I feel the same as new4u, I have been having this keyboard problem and its really irritating. I use ubuntu as my main development machine. I left the mac cause I loved working on this, but with this problem, I guess I will go back. I have an i5 Asus machine running Ubuntu 13.04. I have upgraded my Kernel to run 3.9.0 but the problem persists. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Dear developers, I really would like to stress this issue. Only tonight I had to reboot my machine 3 times due to this issue. It is a MAJOR impediment in working. The key-stucks happened in gedit, and Gummi tonight. So it seems not attached to a specific application. Despite I am not able to develop or program, I see myself as a kind of evangelist, who converted a lot of people to Ubuntu. But, honestly, it is a problem for continue recommending it of having basics such as a keyboard causing problems. I have never seen this on any other distribution. So, please, please have a look at this issue, as I guess that many people might use Asus and Ubuntu 64bit (as it combination seems to correlate somehow). Thank you for your time making Ubuntu that great - that also needs to be said. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I feel the same as new4u, I have the problem in 13.04 beta more than ever, even after I disabled key press repeat in Prefrences - Keyboard, I have this problem. I used `xset r off` right now, gonna see if key repeat occurs or not. P.S: Sorry for my bad English. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
In 13.04 (beta) 64bit it occurs more frequently again than I noticed it in 12.10. This last time it even occured in a Win7-guest in Virtualbox. Almost same hardware as before, just graphics soundcard changed. My Hardware: Asus P7P55D Intel i5 750 8GB RAM ATI HD 7850 SATA-HDDs USB-Logitech Mouse PS/2 Fujitsu Siemens Keyboard Xonard STX Soundcard Pinnacle PCI TV Card -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I've been observing this happen once a week across a wide range of x86 systems with USB keyboards in the last (5?) years. Since I've observed it in the virtual terminal and have never observed this with PS/2 keyboards, I suspect there is an event race condition in the USB input stack, eg a missing write barrier. When I increase system latency, it looks like there's more chance of it happening, so this feels like MMIO write ordering causing a lost key up event. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Hmmm... Just noticed that I don't have it anymore... Dell XPS 17 openSuSE 12.2 Linux xps 3.4.11-2.16-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 26 17:05:00 UTC 2012 (259fc87) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux KDE Platform Version 4.8.5 (4.8.5) release 2 X.Org X Server 1.12.3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
It is still in 12.10. :( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
** Tags added: oneiric precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Ubuntu Precise yesterday showed similar symptoms: numlock LED was insanely blinking, at times no keyboard input was possible on two of three connected keyboards, and additionally, the mouse cursor was being dragged down. Maybe this is related to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/935912 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46281 ?? ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #46281 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46281 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I also experienced the exact symptoms of the bug, combined with a bunch of other problems (sound crackling, system freezes). This workaround fixed it all together for me (ubuntu 10.04, 2.6.32-36-generic): http://jannepikkarainen.fi/clocksourcejiffies-ja-ubuntu-910-hidastumiset-pois Quote: --- in /etc/default/grub change line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=quiet splash to be GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=quiet splash clocksource=jiffies Then enter sudo update-grub and reboot. See if your problems are gone. --- Unfortunately that triggered another bug: hd-audio0 eats up 20% of my cpu, but that's another story. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Im still experiencing this in 11.10 and removing gnome-applet-sensors or the unity counterpart (see comment #151) works for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
^^ Sorry, its comment #157 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
@Marius, I'm gueesing about a motherboard issue. I'm going to change it an try. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
To me, this happens as well, using Lucid Lynx 64 bit. Even if the PS/2-keyboard is unplugged, the key which decided to get stuck keeps repeating. What I would like to point out: It only happens when tpying in forms displayed of Firefox (so NOT during any other application of Ubuntu), and then there on certain forms: when trying to write an email in Outlook 2010 webmail, or when writing a comment on the launchpad page, the key repeating error almost reroducably happens.(This is why I needed to write this mail in Gedit and copy it conscutively into launchpad). On the contrary, it does e.g. not happen in GMail - so maybe there is an interference between some applications and firefox and Ubuntu. Despite I turned off the repetition in the preferences - Keyboard settings - General - Repeat keystrokes when being pressed, the keyboard keeps stuck in the Firefox forms as mentioned above. My Hardware: Asus P7P55D Intel i5 750 8GB RAM ATI HD 4600 SATA-HDDs USB-Logitech Mouse PS/2 Fujitsu Siemens Keyboard Xonard D2X Soundcard Pinnacle PCI TV Card -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 12 May 2011, at 11:23, Bryce Harrington 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: As I mentioned earlier, this was on the agenda for the xserver wishlist bugs session at UDS, and was discussed yesterday. From reviewing the current status of the bug here and upstream, there seems to be a legitimate issue in general, however the general fix for this (e.g. Ajax's branch) are not things we would want to risk pulling in as a backport, nor something of high enough importance for the ubuntu x team to invest time into, so for these reasons we're closing the issue as a wontfix at this time. However, we are concerned about the cases where specific hardware is significantly broken (as several have described in recent comments). But these issues are difficult to analyze and work on within the context of this particular bug report. For users with issues that need deeper investigation, please file a NEW bug using this command: $ ubuntu-bug xorg It would be helpful if you can reference bug 124406, and include the word 'keyboard' in the title so it gets autofiled predictably. ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 11 May 2011, at 17:30, Bryce Harrington 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: @James, aha, as I suspected. Thanks for checking that. Those interested in seeing development towards a fix for this issue can focus on that branch. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 7 May 2011, at 14:51, Marius Kotsbak 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Bug #770680 has an interesting patch. Not sure if that solves more than problems with volume keys. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 20 May 2011, at 16:48, james_mcl 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Thanks Bryce, I did end up replacing the laptop, and it will be a little while before I have access to the affected machine again (it now resides in the attic at my parents' house!); however I'll be sure to file a bug report as soon as I get there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 11 May 2011, at 15:44, Bryce Harrington 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Bryce Harrington (bryce) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 13:50, Marius Kotsbak 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Japp, that is the same I see, but the freedesktop describe it as you need to restart X server to stop it. And some see the bug using USB keyboard too, but for me only with the integrated keyboard. And for some the problem is a regression. Which makes me beleve our problem is caused by the AT keyboard driver in the kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 12:35, james_mcl 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: This is a two-part reply to Bryce Harrington's comment #294. 1.) I really have to take issue with your statement that it's a minor annoyance (rather than an X lockup or crash). When the key that gets stuck is Delete, for instance, this has the potential to wipe out entire directories, and the consequences when the key in question is Enter are utterly unpredictable. Furthermore, for instances of the bug when subsequent key presses/releases are ignored and the key remains stuck, the result - a reboot and loss of unsaved data - is preceisely what would occur if X locked up or crashed. 2.) You ask people to file *new* bugs and be very specific about the issue (with exact steps to reproduce, up to date logs, etc.). Would it be sufficient to run ubuntu-bug xorg referencing bug 124406, and then apport-collect (number of new bug) or is there any more information you would need that would not be supplied by this? (if so, please specify what this would be.) Thanks, James McLaughlin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 13:07, Marius Kotsbak 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: I guess the problem is that there are more than one symptoms contained in this bug and probably more than one bug in possibly xorg and the kernel. The best would probably be to have one bug open for each, but getting users to respect that is problably hard and maybe we don't even know. Anyway I want to get this solved. First I want to know if it is a kernel or xorg bug for me and then try to ask the right people/mailinglists for advices. Digging at the kernel code, I suspect it might be caused by the interrupt handler for the keyboard to take too long to finish and while it works no new key releases can be handled. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 30 Apr 2011, at 10:30, james_mcl 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Well, I've just been in touch with Ajax. I asked if he knew about any experimental thread-based branches: There's http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~ajax/xserver/log/?h=input-thread-v3 , which I haven't touched in months. It's assuredly broken if you poke it hard enough. I also asked if Wayland would also be using the same signals-based architecture that had caused all this: Wayland doesn't have any SIGIO code. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 23 Apr 2011, at 19:52, Marius Kotsbak 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: ** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 29 Apr 2011, at 14:11, Marius Kotsbak 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: james_mcl: find/open a separate bug for your particular hardware then. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 22:26, Marius Kotsbak 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Bryce, thanks for your insight into this. While starting to investigate this problem, I made a very interesting discovery and possibly solved the issue (at least drastically reduced the severity of it) for my laptop: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input- evdev/+bug/769103/comments/26 Nice if other people struggeling with this can test this too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 22:59, Marius Kotsbak 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Regarding the bug severity, I can only agree on that given that we have the workaround of disabling keyboard repeat in the X server settings. Without that, depending on the frequency it happens, it can make the PC almost unusable or at least too unpredictable to trust, i.e. you always risk, like when I am writing in this text field to loose all when I am correcting one typo if I don't react in time, close all tabs in the browser when typing ctrl-w (since this shortcut starts CPU load, the bug occurence actually increase at exactly that time, as with tab completion in terminal). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 29 Apr 2011, at 13:49, james_mcl 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: In answer to post 310, Bryce, I'm sorry but there's a serious misunderstanding of the issue in your post. You state hitting a key a second time (to fire a new up-key signal) makes things work. This is not the case for everyone affected, or for every instance of the bug. The original poster, and post 121, refer to subsequent keypresses and their keydown events being ignored completely by the system. Post 40 mentions the need to furiously press another key several times to get the system to recognise it and stop the repeats. In my case, the behaviour of the bug has varied as I've gone through different distros; possibly not behaving consistently even in identical distros (since my workaround for the past two-and-a-half years has been to go back to Hardy Heron, this hasn't really been put to the test.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 21:06, Bryce Harrington 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Regarding splitting the bug reports up rather than having this one gargantuan 300+-post bug... I do typically prefer having separate bug reports per person/ machine, as having to read through hundreds of comments is akin to having to read a car manual just to change a flat tire... :-) These long thread bugs also tend to accumulate people with similar-but-not-the-same bug, so that adds confusion and also makes it less likely that we can get *all* the problems solved (and makes it hard to verify fixes). However, in this case, the general underlying issue is the X.org input handling design implementation, and I'm not sure having it broken up into separate bug reports will necessarily help. Ultimately, the work to solve the general issue needs done upstream, and I think this bug report and its upstream linkages is sufficient. So, I'll leave it open so people can share workarounds and commiserate over it being relegated to wishlist status and so on. (However, note that we're going to have a session at the upcoming UDS to discuss xserver wishlist bugs, so ironically setting it to wishlist should give it a bit more visibility this time around). The one situation where I *would* like to see separate bug reports on this issue is where you are encountering severe, repetitive problems. I.e., the keyboard goes crazy daily, or you have a set of steps that reproduces the problem more than half of the time. I'd like to handle these individually because they are almost certainly HW-specific oddities and there may be things we can do to work around the issue or paper it over. But be very clear in your description, and make sure to include full debugging info and detail all the work you've done to diagnose it. We may end up duping the bug reports back here, but I think this will make it easier for us to handle the severe exceptional cases. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 29 Apr 2011, at 14:12, james_mcl 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Okay... that last point needed a comment of its own - now to look at the other issues raised. 1.) Touch base about this with Ajax to find if he has any experimental branches, or if he knows if anyone else is working on the problem, and how you can help. - It never occurred to me that any experimental threaded branches might exist! I'll be in touch with him, thanks for that. (Though, given the bug's intermittency, I don't think anyone's going to have a reliable, repetitive test case as described - it'll be a matter of seeing if intervals of x days pass without the symptom recurring.) 2.) Maybe Wayland will gain a better system for handling keyboard events - Bryce, can you possibly supply the name of any particular dev who would be in a position to know whether keyboard events in Wayland are being handled in a similar way to X? The possibility that this bug might survive all the way into X's successor is quite a horrific one! 3.) For other people who, like me, are trying Marius's workaround - you should know that he had to file another bug, in that changing the keyboard delay setting in /etc/kbd/config had no effect (meaning, presumably, that he had to change it in the terminal every time he booted up.) (Actually, I'm noticing it seems to have created a new bug in my case - pressing Enter once seems to be interpreted as pressing Enter several times on some occasions - although the key repeat stops by itself in less than a second.) 4.) Regarding post 313 - well, my keyboard certainly goes crazy daily, although I think this is probably true for most of us here. So I guess I might have a HW-specific oddity, though not one affecting my Hardy partition. So, to repeat my question in post 301, to file a new bug: Would it be sufficient to run ubuntu-bug xorg referencing bug 124406, and then apport-collect (number of new bug) or is there any more information you would need that would not be supplied by this? (if so, please specify what this would be.) 5.) In response to Post 310's assertions regarding the severity of the bug: there could conceivably be some rare scenarios where this bug could cause some severe issue like a stuck delete key deleting files or whatnot When the issue happens at least once daily, the question is not so much whether this could be rare as how many days/weeks/months the user has before it happens - which eventually it must. And, for versions of the bug in which pressing another key doesn't stop the repeating, it is *at least* as significant as the X crash/tie-dyed monitor, as the only way to resolve the issue is to hold down the Power button. 6.) Thanks for your help Bryce! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 20:54, Bryce Harrington 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: While I may think this is a minor annoyance, the solution is anything but, and as such it's not really a paper-cut scale problem. ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 20:52, Bryce Harrington 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Heh, I see my comment about this being a minor annoyance got people in a huff. ;-) Anyway, as to whether it's a kernel or X problem, it's sort of a bit of both. (The best bugs live in the cracks between two codebases.) X and the kernel communicate key events as signals rather than via threading. And it only handles one signal at a time, so if for some reason the key up signal was fired while another signal was being handled (e.g. from another device in your system) then it can get lost. That's why hitting a key a second time (to fire a new up-key signal) makes things work. The way signals behave is a kernel thing, so this is why it's partly kernel, partly X. Essentially it's a race condition. For deeper information see http://ajaxxx.livejournal.com/62378.html Really, it sounds like it's an upstream design flaw in X. Ajax appears to be thinking that the whole system should be ripped out and replaced with a threading system. My own experience with threading is that sometimes the cure can be worse than the disease... threading can be quite hard to get right and sometimes has nasty side effects. Needless to say, such a change is not trivial and not something we'd do at the Ubuntu distro level - definitely work that needs done upstream. Maybe Wayland will gain a better system for handling keyboard events, and that's where efforts today should be directed? Don't know. As an aside, you guys are right that there could conceivably be some rare scenarios where this bug could cause some severe issue like a stuck delete key deleting files or whatnot. Maybe some of you have even experienced something like that. But for the vast majority of cases, the issue will exhibit itself as extraneous characters when you're typing documents and some such - definitely a lot less severe than random GPU lockups or sudden X crashes back to the login screen or your monitor suddenly turning tie died. These latter issues are unfortunately not as uncommon as I'd like, and until they are I tend to judge anything less severe as a minor annoyance. ;-) But annoyances are bad. While I don't think this issue is one we're likely to work on in Ubuntu at the distro level, I can give some advice about how to go forward with it, if you're wanting to pursue it yourself. (And FSM bless you!) Due to the nature of the issue, it's frequency and severity are going to vary from hardware to hardware. Due to timings in hardware interrupts and signal generation, and even interactions with software, you might see it only with a particular combination of keyboard, motherboard, and mouse. Or it might go away after turning off your wireless. Or might go away for 3 Ubuntu releases and then suddenly and quite mysteriously reappear. Most of our typical keyboard debugging tools such as xev are going to be of limited value in investigating it; it may tell you that the release signal didn't show up, but that doesn't explain why. There are kernel debugging interfaces that will show what's going on there, but that gives limited insights as well. The first thing I would look at is obtaining a reliable repetitive test case. Get together hardware and a set of steps that lets you reliably reproduce the issue on command, or with a sane enough frequency (like steps that let you reproduce 25% of the time). This makes testing less time consuming and also gives you a strong way to determine it's definitely fixed. Next, it would be smart to ensure someone hasn't already fixed it. That could save you a lot of work. We provide xorg-edgers and kernel ppas to facilitate doing this. See https://launchpad.net/~xorg- edgers/+archive/ppa and http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/ mainline/. Finally the hard part, which will require code hacking. Touch base about this with Ajax to find if he has any experimental branches, or if he knows if anyone else is working on the problem, and how you can help. From his blog post, it sounds like the implementation of threaded input handling might be the real way forward, and that could probably benefit from extra testers and/or coders. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 20:53, Bryce Harrington 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: I'm setting the X task to wishlist, since it looks to me like a true fix to this general problem will require architectural reworking in X, as per my previous post. ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium = Wishlist ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 15:11, james_mcl 124...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Daniel - where you say that you can press any key to release the stuck one - over the years the bug's behaviour has varied, in some versions of Ubuntu I've been able to stop the repeting keypress by pressing another key, in others not. At the moment I usually seem to be able to stop it by pressing another key several times until it's recognised - so I THINK that the bug has at least become less severe at some point between Intrepid and Maverick. Like Marius says, it is true that nobody knows how many underlying bugs are causing this and where they lie - I should have asked Bryce what to file this as a bug in; however going by his comment #285 I assumed xorg. Daniel, could you specify whether your external keyboard is PS/2, USB, or something else? Somebody on Ubuntu Forums directed me to a discussion thread where users of high-end Windows machines were experiencing it on PS/2 keyboards - one person blaming this on their having hardware running faster than PS/2 was designed for. Probably not an accurate description of most people's situation, but it does suggest that knowing the type of any external keyboard tried might be relevant. I'll be installing Natty today, so either today or tomorrow I should be able to say whether that fixed it for me or not. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat Status in GNU Emacs: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in X.Org X server: In Progress Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “linux” source package in Jaunty: Won't Fix Status in “xorg-server” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Gentoo Linux: New Bug description: Keyboard keys such as the arrows, Alt-F4, PageUp/PageDown, etc. often get 'stuck' and continue being 'clicked' even after they are physically released. For example when clicking Alt-F4, sometimes it gets stuck so all the windows are closed instead of just one. My configuration is Feisty + Xgl + Compiz Fusion. My previous configuration was Edgy + Xgl + Beryl, where this didn't happen. Others have reported the same problem without using either Xgl or Compiz. The keyboard itself isn't the problem. When dual-booting to Windows, everything works fine. Also, the problem happens with two different keyboards (internal laptop, external USB). My best guess is that the problem occurs at time of high system load. Somehow during these times the key-release signal gets lost and the key-press is repeated indefinitely. This happens more often with Compiz configurations because Compiz tends to increase system load. It also happens more often with power-hungry apps like Firefox and Acrobat Reader for similar reasons. PS: When the keys would repeat all input devices would be locked up. ie. mouse won't move, clicks don't do anything, keyboard presses don't register. Then when it becomes unstuck, the mouse moves around and everything. Hope this helps. See also this forum thread for other people with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432057 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I guess Canonical should exclude their own bugmails from their vacation message service -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Same problem on 10.10. Then updated to 11.04 and the bug still happens. Affect randomly and keys starts to repeat. No chance to go to terminal (ctrl+alt+fx). The system became inusable and almost freeze. Mouse works most of the times, and then allows to do a software reset. If the mouse doesn't work then the only way is a hardware reset. Affects users with and without compiz (in 10.10) and with Unity and gnome (in 11.04). Hardware details: PS2 keyword, and usb mouse. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Assignee: Bryce Harrington (bryce) = (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Parq:please open a separate bug report for your particular laptop/motherboard. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Had this problem with Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.1. Suspend can get you out of the key repeat, rather than reboot. Very intermittent. A week can go by without seeing it, sometimes. Makes internet mail order a bit scary. Today, I was deleting some files and the del key started to repeat. luckily the files were on a USB device ASUS P7P55D EVO m/b Dell 105 keyboard (not USB) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
III've found a way to reproduce this bug on my laptop. * Do a LEFT MOUSE CLICK and a PRESS A KEY at the same time. * Works almost every time. Result: tteesttt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
PS: It only works on the integrated touchpad mouse though. Does not happen with a USB mouse. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 02:02:21PM -, unimatrix wrote: PS: It only works on the integrated touchpad mouse though. Does not happen with a USB mouse. File a new bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Thanks Bryce, I did end up replacing the laptop, and it will be a little while before I have access to the affected machine again (it now resides in the attic at my parents' house!); however I'll be sure to file a bug report as soon as I get there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
As I mentioned earlier, this was on the agenda for the xserver wishlist bugs session at UDS, and was discussed yesterday. From reviewing the current status of the bug here and upstream, there seems to be a legitimate issue in general, however the general fix for this (e.g. Ajax's branch) are not things we would want to risk pulling in as a backport, nor something of high enough importance for the ubuntu x team to invest time into, so for these reasons we're closing the issue as a wontfix at this time. However, we are concerned about the cases where specific hardware is significantly broken (as several have described in recent comments). But these issues are difficult to analyze and work on within the context of this particular bug report. For users with issues that need deeper investigation, please file a NEW bug using this command: $ ubuntu-bug xorg It would be helpful if you can reference bug 124406, and include the word 'keyboard' in the title so it gets autofiled predictably. ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Bryce Harrington (bryce) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
@James, aha, as I suspected. Thanks for checking that. Those interested in seeing development towards a fix for this issue can focus on that branch. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Bug #770680 has an interesting patch. Not sure if that solves more than problems with volume keys. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Well, I've just been in touch with Ajax. I asked if he knew about any experimental thread-based branches: There's http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~ajax/xserver/log/?h=input-thread-v3 , which I haven't touched in months. It's assuredly broken if you poke it hard enough. I also asked if Wayland would also be using the same signals-based architecture that had caused all this: Wayland doesn't have any SIGIO code. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
In answer to post 310, Bryce, I'm sorry but there's a serious misunderstanding of the issue in your post. You state hitting a key a second time (to fire a new up-key signal) makes things work. This is not the case for everyone affected, or for every instance of the bug. The original poster, and post 121, refer to subsequent keypresses and their keydown events being ignored completely by the system. Post 40 mentions the need to furiously press another key several times to get the system to recognise it and stop the repeats. In my case, the behaviour of the bug has varied as I've gone through different distros; possibly not behaving consistently even in identical distros (since my workaround for the past two-and-a-half years has been to go back to Hardy Heron, this hasn't really been put to the test.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
james_mcl: find/open a separate bug for your particular hardware then. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Okay... that last point needed a comment of its own - now to look at the other issues raised. 1.) Touch base about this with Ajax to find if he has any experimental branches, or if he knows if anyone else is working on the problem, and how you can help. - It never occurred to me that any experimental threaded branches might exist! I'll be in touch with him, thanks for that. (Though, given the bug's intermittency, I don't think anyone's going to have a reliable, repetitive test case as described - it'll be a matter of seeing if intervals of x days pass without the symptom recurring.) 2.) Maybe Wayland will gain a better system for handling keyboard events - Bryce, can you possibly supply the name of any particular dev who would be in a position to know whether keyboard events in Wayland are being handled in a similar way to X? The possibility that this bug might survive all the way into X's successor is quite a horrific one! 3.) For other people who, like me, are trying Marius's workaround - you should know that he had to file another bug, in that changing the keyboard delay setting in /etc/kbd/config had no effect (meaning, presumably, that he had to change it in the terminal every time he booted up.) (Actually, I'm noticing it seems to have created a new bug in my case - pressing Enter once seems to be interpreted as pressing Enter several times on some occasions - although the key repeat stops by itself in less than a second.) 4.) Regarding post 313 - well, my keyboard certainly goes crazy daily, although I think this is probably true for most of us here. So I guess I might have a HW-specific oddity, though not one affecting my Hardy partition. So, to repeat my question in post 301, to file a new bug: Would it be sufficient to run ubuntu-bug xorg referencing bug 124406, and then apport-collect (number of new bug) or is there any more information you would need that would not be supplied by this? (if so, please specify what this would be.) 5.) In response to Post 310's assertions regarding the severity of the bug: there could conceivably be some rare scenarios where this bug could cause some severe issue like a stuck delete key deleting files or whatnot When the issue happens at least once daily, the question is not so much whether this could be rare as how many days/weeks/months the user has before it happens - which eventually it must. And, for versions of the bug in which pressing another key doesn't stop the repeating, it is *at least* as significant as the X crash/tie-dyed monitor, as the only way to resolve the issue is to hold down the Power button. 6.) Thanks for your help Bryce! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
What I don't really understand in the whole threading vs. signals discussion is why the kernel cannot buffer in a queue of some sort those signals before processing them. They wouldn't be lost anymore and the kernel could process them at its own pace. 2011/4/29 Marius Kotsbak 124...@bugs.launchpad.net: Regarding the bug severity, I can only agree on that given that we have the workaround of disabling keyboard repeat in the X server settings. Without that, depending on the frequency it happens, it can make the PC almost unusable or at least too unpredictable to trust, i.e. you always risk, like when I am writing in this text field to loose all when I am correcting one typo if I don't react in time, close all tabs in the browser when typing ctrl-w (since this shortcut starts CPU load, the bug occurence actually increase at exactly that time, as with tab completion in terminal). -- You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/124406/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
This is a two-part reply to Bryce Harrington's comment #294. 1.) I really have to take issue with your statement that it's a minor annoyance (rather than an X lockup or crash). When the key that gets stuck is Delete, for instance, this has the potential to wipe out entire directories, and the consequences when the key in question is Enter are utterly unpredictable. Furthermore, for instances of the bug when subsequent key presses/releases are ignored and the key remains stuck, the result - a reboot and loss of unsaved data - is preceisely what would occur if X locked up or crashed. 2.) You ask people to file *new* bugs and be very specific about the issue (with exact steps to reproduce, up to date logs, etc.). Would it be sufficient to run ubuntu-bug xorg referencing bug 124406, and then apport-collect (number of new bug) or is there any more information you would need that would not be supplied by this? (if so, please specify what this would be.) Thanks, James McLaughlin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I agree with your #1. My delete-key got stuck when deleting an e-mail in thunderbird and it deleted me over 400 e-mails. thank god that there is a trash folder, but at first i was really shocked. Daniel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I guess the problem is that there are more than one symptoms contained in this bug and probably more than one bug in possibly xorg and the kernel. The best would probably be to have one bug open for each, but getting users to respect that is problably hard and maybe we don't even know. Anyway I want to get this solved. First I want to know if it is a kernel or xorg bug for me and then try to ask the right people/mailinglists for advices. Digging at the kernel code, I suspect it might be caused by the interrupt handler for the keyboard to take too long to finish and while it works no new key releases can be handled. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Yes, you're right, my bug maybe a bit different due to my mouse and keyboard keeps responding. I can press any key and the key that got stuck is released. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Japp, that is the same I see, but the freedesktop describe it as you need to restart X server to stop it. And some see the bug using USB keyboard too, but for me only with the integrated keyboard. And for some the problem is a regression. Which makes me beleve our problem is caused by the AT keyboard driver in the kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I've never tried with a external keyboard. I will try it and post the results in my open bug. Otherwise it could get a bit crowded here with comments. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Daniel - where you say that you can press any key to release the stuck one - over the years the bug's behaviour has varied, in some versions of Ubuntu I've been able to stop the repeting keypress by pressing another key, in others not. At the moment I usually seem to be able to stop it by pressing another key several times until it's recognised - so I THINK that the bug has at least become less severe at some point between Intrepid and Maverick. Like Marius says, it is true that nobody knows how many underlying bugs are causing this and where they lie - I should have asked Bryce what to file this as a bug in; however going by his comment #285 I assumed xorg. Daniel, could you specify whether your external keyboard is PS/2, USB, or something else? Somebody on Ubuntu Forums directed me to a discussion thread where users of high-end Windows machines were experiencing it on PS/2 keyboards - one person blaming this on their having hardware running faster than PS/2 was designed for. Probably not an accurate description of most people's situation, but it does suggest that knowing the type of any external keyboard tried might be relevant. I'll be installing Natty today, so either today or tomorrow I should be able to say whether that fixed it for me or not. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I can vouch that this isn't hardware related. I have two machines, one laptop that has an AT keyboard and another which uses USB, and I see the problem on both. Sometimes I see the same issue on the laptop with the mouse - the cursor sleeps for a second and then moves where it should've gone. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
As I said i never tested the behaviour with a external keyboard. I normally use the integrated keyboard of my thinkpad t400. A few hours ago I upgraded to natty and attached a external keyboard and up to now the error didn't happen again. I will now work again with the integrated keyboard and post my results here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Heh, I see my comment about this being a minor annoyance got people in a huff. ;-) Anyway, as to whether it's a kernel or X problem, it's sort of a bit of both. (The best bugs live in the cracks between two codebases.) X and the kernel communicate key events as signals rather than via threading. And it only handles one signal at a time, so if for some reason the key up signal was fired while another signal was being handled (e.g. from another device in your system) then it can get lost. That's why hitting a key a second time (to fire a new up-key signal) makes things work. The way signals behave is a kernel thing, so this is why it's partly kernel, partly X. Essentially it's a race condition. For deeper information see http://ajaxxx.livejournal.com/62378.html Really, it sounds like it's an upstream design flaw in X. Ajax appears to be thinking that the whole system should be ripped out and replaced with a threading system. My own experience with threading is that sometimes the cure can be worse than the disease... threading can be quite hard to get right and sometimes has nasty side effects. Needless to say, such a change is not trivial and not something we'd do at the Ubuntu distro level - definitely work that needs done upstream. Maybe Wayland will gain a better system for handling keyboard events, and that's where efforts today should be directed? Don't know. As an aside, you guys are right that there could conceivably be some rare scenarios where this bug could cause some severe issue like a stuck delete key deleting files or whatnot. Maybe some of you have even experienced something like that. But for the vast majority of cases, the issue will exhibit itself as extraneous characters when you're typing documents and some such - definitely a lot less severe than random GPU lockups or sudden X crashes back to the login screen or your monitor suddenly turning tie died. These latter issues are unfortunately not as uncommon as I'd like, and until they are I tend to judge anything less severe as a minor annoyance. ;-) But annoyances are bad. While I don't think this issue is one we're likely to work on in Ubuntu at the distro level, I can give some advice about how to go forward with it, if you're wanting to pursue it yourself. (And FSM bless you!) Due to the nature of the issue, it's frequency and severity are going to vary from hardware to hardware. Due to timings in hardware interrupts and signal generation, and even interactions with software, you might see it only with a particular combination of keyboard, motherboard, and mouse. Or it might go away after turning off your wireless. Or might go away for 3 Ubuntu releases and then suddenly and quite mysteriously reappear. Most of our typical keyboard debugging tools such as xev are going to be of limited value in investigating it; it may tell you that the release signal didn't show up, but that doesn't explain why. There are kernel debugging interfaces that will show what's going on there, but that gives limited insights as well. The first thing I would look at is obtaining a reliable repetitive test case. Get together hardware and a set of steps that lets you reliably reproduce the issue on command, or with a sane enough frequency (like steps that let you reproduce 25% of the time). This makes testing less time consuming and also gives you a strong way to determine it's definitely fixed. Next, it would be smart to ensure someone hasn't already fixed it. That could save you a lot of work. We provide xorg-edgers and kernel ppas to facilitate doing this. See https://launchpad.net/~xorg- edgers/+archive/ppa and http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/. Finally the hard part, which will require code hacking. Touch base about this with Ajax to find if he has any experimental branches, or if he knows if anyone else is working on the problem, and how you can help. From his blog post, it sounds like the implementation of threaded input handling might be the real way forward, and that could probably benefit from extra testers and/or coders. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm setting the X task to wishlist, since it looks to me like a true fix to this general problem will require architectural reworking in X, as per my previous post. ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium = Wishlist ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
While I may think this is a minor annoyance, the solution is anything but, and as such it's not really a paper-cut scale problem. ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Regarding splitting the bug reports up rather than having this one gargantuan 300+-post bug... I do typically prefer having separate bug reports per person/machine, as having to read through hundreds of comments is akin to having to read a car manual just to change a flat tire... :-) These long thread bugs also tend to accumulate people with similar-but-not-the-same bug, so that adds confusion and also makes it less likely that we can get *all* the problems solved (and makes it hard to verify fixes). However, in this case, the general underlying issue is the X.org input handling design implementation, and I'm not sure having it broken up into separate bug reports will necessarily help. Ultimately, the work to solve the general issue needs done upstream, and I think this bug report and its upstream linkages is sufficient. So, I'll leave it open so people can share workarounds and commiserate over it being relegated to wishlist status and so on. (However, note that we're going to have a session at the upcoming UDS to discuss xserver wishlist bugs, so ironically setting it to wishlist should give it a bit more visibility this time around). The one situation where I *would* like to see separate bug reports on this issue is where you are encountering severe, repetitive problems. I.e., the keyboard goes crazy daily, or you have a set of steps that reproduces the problem more than half of the time. I'd like to handle these individually because they are almost certainly HW-specific oddities and there may be things we can do to work around the issue or paper it over. But be very clear in your description, and make sure to include full debugging info and detail all the work you've done to diagnose it. We may end up duping the bug reports back here, but I think this will make it easier for us to handle the severe exceptional cases. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Bryce, thanks for your insight into this. While starting to investigate this problem, I made a very interesting discovery and possibly solved the issue (at least drastically reduced the severity of it) for my laptop: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input- evdev/+bug/769103/comments/26 Nice if other people struggeling with this can test this too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Regarding the bug severity, I can only agree on that given that we have the workaround of disabling keyboard repeat in the X server settings. Without that, depending on the frequency it happens, it can make the PC almost unusable or at least too unpredictable to trust, i.e. you always risk, like when I am writing in this text field to loose all when I am correcting one typo if I don't react in time, close all tabs in the browser when typing ctrl-w (since this shortcut starts CPU load, the bug occurence actually increase at exactly that time, as with tab completion in terminal). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
xrayA4T: the bug in X and in a pure console is a bit different, inside X it tyically makes you write: thiiis iss a test stopping only when hitting a new key, but in console more like: thiiss iss aa teessst stopping at releasing of the key, possibly just because of too short delay before the repeating starts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Hi Marius, I'm definitely getting the missed key up, as in your first example, the last typed key will sporadically repeat indefinitely until another key is pressed. So it is a lower level error that is giving the same behaviour a the x error but in terminals too.if this its the case should I be raising a different big and how many people who are reporting the x error have this error? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
xrayA4T: the question is if the key stops repeating when releasing the stuck key, that I claim is the case in pure terminal, and it seems you have the same Gigabyte laptop as me, so you probably see the same. Because of this different behavior inside and outside X, I suggest that you can open a separate bug for the console issue (like my bug #769103). I also think there are several related kernel bugs since some claim it worked in an earlier kernel version, but I have verified that this is not the case for my laptop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Opened bug #769103 for my Gigabyte laptop for Natty. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
Bryce, this is more than a minor annoyance. If I need to switch to a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2) because my X has locked up, it is almost impossible to login because when you enter your password there is no way to tell if a key has been repeated and so I keep entering invalid passwords. Should I be raising my issue as a different bug as this is too general? Thanks Raymond -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
xrayA4T: japp I have also experienced that. And since it happens more frequently when the CPU load is high, in that case of X lock up it is more likely to happen. Have you seen my latests comments on the kernel bug. Do you use the same module for keyboard and do you have an Atom CPU (I have only seen it on my Atom based CPUs). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
I'm dropping the 'natty' tag added by Marius since to accept this bug against the development release we need the info I asked for in a previous comment. The bug has been forwarded upstream and upstream developers are aware of it, and since it's a minor annoyance (rather than an X lockup or crash), it's not top priority for us for the release. I think there is not anything particular we would do about this issue for natty. Also, from re-reading the comments on this and the upstream bug, it sounds like there may be a couple or more different variants on the keyboard gets stuck issue, which unfortunately are all gathered on this bug report due to it having kind of a general purpose topic. So, if people do want to see progress on this bug it might be better to file *new* bugs and be very specific about the issue (with exact steps to reproduce, up to date logs, etc.) ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete ** Tags removed: natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
** Changed in: xorg-server Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
** Summary changed: - Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy) + Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat ** Tags added: maverick natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy)
** Changed in: linux Importance: Unknown = High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
