From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756238AbZGGIuK (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jul 2009 04:50:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754909AbZGGIt7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jul 2009 04:49:59 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:40700 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754313AbZGGIt6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jul 2009 04:49:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:50:01 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina X-X-Sender: jkosina@wotan.suse.de To: Andi Kleen Cc: rjw@sisk.pl, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [regression] 2.6.30 leaking keys on console switch In-Reply-To: <87eiss7uhb.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> Message-ID: References: <87eiss7uhb.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) 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 [added Dmitry to CC] On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Andi Kleen wrote: > One new issue I see in 2.6.30 (I think I saw it in some rc*s) too is > that console switch often leaks the Fkey of the console switch into the > target console. > > The symptome is that e.g. firefox if it was active and you're switching > into X displays its help screen (F1 = help). It happens on non X > consoles too, but of course the symptoms are different here. > > That's a regression against 2.6.29; I don't remember it in .29 > > Haven't investigated code. Are you seeing with a specific keyboard type(s), or is this a general problem? Could you confirm whether it is specific either to PS2 or USB keyboards only, or it does happen for both? Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs