On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Dave wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think I have found a simple reproducible bug that makes the
> mouse/keyboard handler freak out. I don't think this has anything to do
> with my particular set up. I'm using Linux on Intel. The problem
> occurs with both the XFree86 VESA driver, and also with the closed
> NVidia Linux driver.
>
> Start X11 with any driver. Log in as root. Look at the date/time. Add
> 2 hours to the current time with 'date'. Move the time back to the
> correct time with 'date'.
>
> Now the keyboard and mouse will be screwed up. The keyboard no longer
> auto-repeats. The mouse sends incorrect click events.
>
> xev shows that when I press a mouse key, no event occurs. When I
> release the key, both events arrive. I can no longer move windows with
> the mouse (gnome/sawfish). gpm continues to work in the console. X11
> auto-repeat no longer works.
>
> In my previous post, I thought this had something to do with
> suspend/resume. But that is simply because on my Inspiron 8200, when I
> come back from a suspend, my clock is wrong by a couple of hours (even
> if I suspend only for 5 seconds). APM resets the clock, and XFree is hosed.
>
> Can anybody else reproduce this problem? Is it Linux specific?
>
I'd expect that time running backwards would screw up X-server
events.
Mark.
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