Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755267AbYCMLcB (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:32:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751744AbYCMLbx (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:31:53 -0400 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:50738 "EHLO mail.suse.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751674AbYCMLbw (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:31:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:31:50 +0100 (CET) From: Jiri Kosina To: Mike Galbraith cc: Jan Knutar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hans-Peter Jansen , David Newall , Theodore Tso , "Fred ." Subject: Re: Keys get stuck In-Reply-To: <1205407693.6686.16.camel@marge.simson.net> Message-ID: References: <200803122222.05663.hpj@urpla.net> <1205386933.4797.22.camel@marge.simson.net> <200803131148.22056.jk-lkml@sci.fi> <1205407693.6686.16.camel@marge.simson.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1204 Lines: 25 On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > I'm not sure if it's the same issue or not, they don't repeat > > "forever" for me, it just makes my speeellllliingggg llllooookkk > > teerrriibbblle. Like that. Before this happens, letters usually stop > > appearing on screen as I'm typing. I usually stop typing at that > > point, since I know it will just become a mess. > Yes, that's the symptom I was refering to. If you see that under > reasonable CPU load, and _without_ major swapping going on, then I'd be > suspicious of scheduler trouble. Swap can definitely keep X off the cpu > for extended periods, and that seems to be what triggers the repeated > keys behavior. (I've never troubleshot it, so must say _seems_) I have a hard time calling this a kernel scheduler trouble. My understanding is that X are sometimes unhappy how kernel schedules them when under load, and that triggers bug in X autorepeat code. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- 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/