Unexpected keyyyyboard repeatssss, kernel latency issue?

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 04:34:37PM -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On 7/18/06, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >since upgrading FC5's kernel my keyboard seems someeeeetimes to get
> >stuck only to (falsly) register a too long pressed key. The above
> >"sometimes" just happened the way I describe.
> >
> >The system is otherwise not on load or doing anything relevant. In
> >fact it's mostly idling.
> >
> >The previous (working) kernel was 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5. I can't say for
> >sure whether it's the kernel update that broke it or something else,
> >but checking rpm -qa --last doesn't reveal anything else that could
> >mess with my keyboarrrrrd (the r's are also genouine).
> 
> This is usually a BIOS bug, although I've seen reports that it can be
> worked around with some kernel boot parameters.  I'll guess that
> you're using a dual core CPU in an Asus motherboard?

No, it's a plain old Pentium M 1.5GHz, and it never had these
latency/lag issues before.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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