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On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Paul |
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Hartman<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I don't know if it is from kernel 2.6.30 or if something else changed, |
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> but my keyboard does not behave as normal. It seems like the "key up" |
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> signal from the previous key is causing the repeat of the current key |
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> to get interrupted. This happens everywhere, not only in X, but in |
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> console as well. |
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> |
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> For example, try this: Type some text, like |
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> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and then hold left arrow. Your |
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> cursor will move to the left until you release the key. Now try to |
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> hold the right arrow after you've already been holding the left arrow. |
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> It will start to move to the right. Previously, it would continue |
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> moving to the right after you released the left arrow. Now, the |
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> keyboard repeat STOPS once you release the PREVIOUS key. So, in other |
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> words, the repeating of the right arrow is stopped when I release the |
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> left arrow... which causes the cursor to stop, and causes me to become |
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> aggravated. :P |
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> |
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> Has anyone else noticed this? I hope it's not a new "feature" :) Maybe |
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> later tonight I'll try to go back to 2.6.29 and see if this truly was |
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> the thing that brought on this change. |
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> |
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Today's xorg update (and subsequent rebuilding of x11-driver/*) has |
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fixed the problem. So it looks like it wasn't kernel-related at all, |
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but a result of some xorg update in the 2 months since my previous |
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reboot. :) |
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