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From: Samium Gromoff <deepfire@ibe.miee.ru>
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	(message from James Simmons on Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:29:29 +0000 (GMT))
Subject: Re: [2.5.50] Keyboard dying
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> > > >        After some X <-> back switches keyboard stops doing anything.
> > > >        2.5.50 + preempt enabled, X 4.2.1-debian-unstable.
> > > >
> > > > showkey started using gpm tells that the keys actually are pressed and
> > > > processed by the kernel.
> > > > Although even alt+sysrq+whatever do not make any effect.
> > > 
> > > Can you disable preempt and see if you have the same problem.
> > 
> >   After some days of testing all seems fine. So preempt must be the trigger.
> 
> The VT console system is totally not preempt safe. Everything is global. 
> I finished most of the work to make a preempt safe VT console system but 
> that will not go in this developement cycle. 

  Same bug in 2.5.59/preempt.

regards, Serge Kosyrev aka Samium Gromoff