2012/4/27 Mark Lord : > If anyone goes into the code to look at this, I do wonder if it might be > related to a bug I've been seeing in 3.2.xx/3.3.xx whereby the input system > (or X11?) often fails to notice I've released a keyboard button.. > and the auto-repeat just keeps on going until I press/release another button > to stop it. > > Bot the ooops above and the repeat issue could be due to the same/similar race > somewhere in there.  Or not.  Just keep your eyes and mind open to the possibility. :) Well, I sort of bisected it compiling 3.2.0, 3.1.0, 3.0.0, 2.6.39, 2.6.38, 2.6.37 and 2.6.36, which was the first to not panic. I'm attaching the 2.6.37 panic.