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[Marcus Haslam <marcus.haslam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 28 Apr 2011, at 12:35, james_mcl <124406@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
>
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> 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

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