Bug#470886: xserver-xorg-input-kbd: repeated KeyPress events when switching VT while pressing a key

Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.x
Organization I am not organized
Message-ID <aYzLPP7vjrLyQ-iL__31945.5980950565$1770834928$gmane$org@end>
Control: reassign -1 xserver-xorg-core

Reassigning to xserver-xorg-core, which is where these happen.

Samuel

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo, le jeu. 10 déc. 2009 23:15:43 +0200, a ecrit:
> This bug occurred here with this combination:
> 
> xserver-xorg 1:7.4+4
> xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.5-1
> xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.2.5-1
> xserver-xorg-input-kbd not installed
> 
> Even though this bug has been filed on xserver-xorg-input-kbd,
> which I don't have installed, the symptoms match.
> It typically happens when I switch from X to tty1 with
> Ctrl+Alt+F1 and keep the F1 key pressed a bit too long.
> The X server then keeps sending events about the key.
> In powertop, this appears to cause almost 30 wakeups per second
> and increase the power consumption by about 2 watts.
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