Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262001AbTIZIPv (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:15:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262006AbTIZIPv (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:15:51 -0400 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:49674 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262001AbTIZIPt (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:15:49 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:15:42 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Rob Landley Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Keyboard oddness. Message-ID: <20030926081542.GA21857@win.tue.nl> References: <200309201633.22414.rob@landley.net> <200309221506.08331.rob@landley.net> <20030923000647.A1128@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <200309252027.57512.rob@landley.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309252027.57512.rob@landley.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 08:27:57PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > Okay, a little fresh data: > Sep 25 20:22:22 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key (set 2, scancode 0xd1, > on isa0060/serio0) pressed. > Sep 25 20:22:22 localhost kernel: i8042 history: d1 e0 51 e0 d1 e0 51 e0 d1 e0 > 51 e0 d1 e0 51 d1 e0 51 is PageDown press e0 d1 is PageDown release You see here (apart from the first byte, which probably is the second half of a PageDown release): PageDown press, release, press, release, press, release, press, broken release. A byte e0 was lost, and the release was not seen as a PageDown release. > The page down key is the one that stuck. I pressed another key (possibly > either cursor up or page up) to unstick it, and then the next time I pressed > page down it didn't register, but the time after that it did. > You're talking about missed keypresses, but the end-user symptom I'm seeing > is definitely a missed key release Yes - here a release was garbled. Many people have reported missing key releases, and, as a consequence of that, stuck keys. Your reports feel a bit different: the e0 is sometimes lost from a key press, sometimes from a key release. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/