Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 130408
logitech cordless desktop express backspace problem
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:47 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: after i digit a space key the backspace don't work correctly, the cursor go back for a character and return a step next then wait sometime and repeat spaces forever, for stop it i need to press a key. The problem seems appare only after a space key pressed, in all the start mode (init 3 / 5) and during install too. The ps is an Athlon 64 3200+, mb asus k8v, 1Gb ram, logitech cordless desktop express Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. open a terminal 2. press space key 3. press backspace key Actual Results: the cursor make a step back and forward and start to repeat the spaces Expected Results: erase the space Additional info:
after a deep check i have found a new clues for correct it. first the problem is into the kernel and seems that when i press backspace key it generate a press event and a release, but after arrive two unknown signals and another space key pressed without release. in some cases i have see other unknown signal when i press a letter or other keys... but it appened in very few times. below the test with showkey program: [root@fcath64 root]# showkey kb mode was UNICODE [ if you are trying this under X, it might not work since the X server is also reading /dev/console ] press any key (program terminates 10s after last keypress)... keycode 28 release keycode 46 press keycode 46 release keycode 14 press keycode 14 release atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xe1 on isa0060/serio0). atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e061 <keycode>' to make it known. atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x65 on isa0060/serio0). atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes 65 <keycode>' to make it known. keycode 57 press keycode 57 press keycode 57 release
can't seem to reproduce this with the given info.