Re: 2.6.0-test1, -test4 control key "stuck"

From: xsdg
Date: Mon Sep 15 2003 - 18:04:02 EST


On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:28:00 +0200
Andries Brouwer <aebr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:55:46PM +0000, xsdg wrote:
>
::snip? SNIP!::
> > any idea what might cause the key sticking problem?
>
> If a key release is not seen, 2.4 doesnt mind, but 2.6 keeps repeating.

I ran into the problem again under 2.6.0-test4-mm6 less than 45 minutes after
rebooting. I modprobed evdev.ko and have included the output (run through
hexdump -C) as [1]. I am keeping the original, unprocessed file incase you need
it. To obtain the output, I pressed and immediately released the following keys
in the following order:
"q", "w", "e", "r", "t", "y", "u", "i", "o", "p", <l-shift>, <l-ctrl>, <l-alt>,
<space>, <r-alt>, <r-shift>, <enter>

I then removed evdev.ko, modprobed evbug.ko, and repeated the key sequence shown
above. These resulted in [2] popping up in /var/log/kern.log

On my laptop keyboard, there is no right-control key. The letters I pressed run
across the top of my keyboard from left to right (below the numbers). To
prevent any confusion, the problem persisted after pressing all of these keys.


>
> > Also, I'm not sure how the final issue I described
>
> Do not recall all items of all letters I answer - sorry.
Sorry; this is a C+P of what I said in my original mail:
Most recently, this problem manifested itself by (as far as I can tell)
switching the keyboard keymap (this, occurred while I was in X, with Mozilla on
the current workspace). After switching to vt2, I am now unable to return to X
(vt 7). Pressing the numeral keys acts as if shift were held down while using
an odd alternate keymap (2 -> "^U", 4->"$", [7-0] -> ["{", "[", "]", "}", "\"],
e -> Euro symbol). You can find the physical layout of my keyboard at [2].
While pressing the shift key, no characters are displayed on the console.
Pressing <alt>+Fn or <ctrl>+<alt>+Fn to switch to another VT does not do
anything; the same occurs when trying <alt>+left/right

>
> Andries
>

[1]
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00000030 bb 3e 66 3f 80 56 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?.V..........|
00000040 bc 3e 66 3f f4 24 0f 00 01 00 11 00 01 00 00 00 |.>f?.$..........|
00000050 bc 3e 66 3f f6 24 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?.$..........|
00000060 bd 3e 66 3f 87 78 01 00 01 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?.x..........|
00000070 bd 3e 66 3f 89 78 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?.x..........|
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00000090 bd 3e 66 3f 9c 6e 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?.n..........|
000000a0 bd 3e 66 3f 6a 0a 0c 00 01 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?j...........|
000000b0 bd 3e 66 3f 6c 0a 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?l...........|
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00000190 c2 3e 66 3f 32 28 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?2(..........|
000001a0 c3 3e 66 3f 24 2f 01 00 01 00 16 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?$/..........|
000001b0 c3 3e 66 3f 26 2f 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?&/..........|
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000003b0 f5 3e 66 3f 37 01 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?7...........|
000003c0 fb 3e 66 3f a7 c1 0e 00 01 00 36 00 01 00 00 00 |.>f?......6.....|
000003d0 fb 3e 66 3f a9 c1 0e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?............|
000003e0 fc 3e 66 3f 95 d0 00 00 01 00 36 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?......6.....|
000003f0 fc 3e 66 3f 97 d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?............|
00000400 fd 3e 66 3f 68 d7 08 00 01 00 1c 00 01 00 00 00 |.>f?h...........|
00000410 fd 3e 66 3f 6a d7 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?j...........|
00000420 fd 3e 66 3f f8 27 0a 00 01 00 1c 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?.'..........|
00000430 fd 3e 66 3f fa 27 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.>f?.'..........|
00000440

[2]
Sep 15 22:46:12 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Connected device: "PS/2 Generic Mouse", isa0060/serio1/input0
Sep 15 22:46:12 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Connected device: "AT Set 2 keyboard", isa0060/serio0/input0
Sep 15 22:46:12 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Connected device: "Gyration GyroPoint RF Technology Receiver", usb-0000:00:1d.0-2/input0
Sep 15 22:46:12 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Connected device: "Gyration GyroPoint RF Technology Receiver", usb-0000:00:1d.0-2/input1
Sep 15 22:49:17 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 16, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:17 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:17 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 16, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:17 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:24 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 17, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:24 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:24 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 17, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:24 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:25 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 18, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:25 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:25 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 18, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:25 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:27 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 19, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:27 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:27 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 19, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:27 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:29 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 20, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:29 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:29 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 20, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:29 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:31 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 21, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:31 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:31 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 21, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:31 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:35 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 22, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:35 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:35 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 22, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:35 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:38 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 23, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:38 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:38 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 23, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:38 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:39 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 24, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:39 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:39 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 24, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:39 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:42 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 25, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:42 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:42 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 25, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:42 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:45 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 42, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:45 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:45 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 42, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:45 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:47 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 29, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:47 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:47 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 29, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:47 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:50 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 56, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:50 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:50 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 56, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:50 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:51 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 57, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:51 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:51 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 57, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:51 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:55 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 100, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:55 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:55 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 100, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:55 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:57 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 54, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:57 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:57 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 54, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:57 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:59 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 28, Value: 1
Sep 15 22:49:59 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:59 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 1, Code: 28, Value: 0
Sep 15 22:49:59 cpp kernel: evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/serio0/input0, Type: 0, Code: 0, Value: 0


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