From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: XFree1.2/Linux: System lockup when keyboard auto-repeats too much. Date: 4 Apr 1993 10:36:08 GMT
In article <C4yEpC.BMC@acsu.buffalo.edu> dmarcher@acsu.buffalo.edu (Dave Archer) writes:
>
>I've had X lockup my system a couple times on me while
>running emacs in an xterm. After a couple times, I've
>determined that it happens when holding down a key too long
>(which tends to happen while editing text, say moving from
>the left to the right side of the screen). So far my only
>'solution' is to set the repeat rate low (my keyboard lets
>me select it by hitting a special 'turbo' key+F##), and to
>not repeat too much (ie, learn to move by word).
This is a known bug in 0.99pl7A, and is due to some truly silly coding
errors on my part. The easy fix is to get the 0.99pre8 kernel that is
available at the same place you got pl7A...
Linus