From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 7 18:13:29 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F01779C; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 18:13:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from potato.growveg.org (potato.growveg.org [62.49.247.163]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5991A19F1; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 18:13:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from john by potato.growveg.org with local (Exim 4.82 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1WBpvK-000Jpx-I2; Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:13:10 +0000 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 18:13:10 +0000 From: John To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox 4.3.6 keyboard repeats keystrokes Message-ID: <20140207181310.GA65272@potato.growveg.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) Sender: John X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: john@potato.growveg.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on potato.growveg.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: john@potato.growveg.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:13:29 -0000 On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 09:38:45PM +0100, CeDeROM wrote: > Hello :-) > > I have noticed that quite often keystrokes are repeated in VBox 4.3.6 > OSE on FreeBSD-10.0 AMD64. For example when I press cursor left it > repeats many times, letters also. The fast way to stop this is to > switch to another application on my BSD box then switch back to VBox.. > > Did anyone notice this behavior? What is the problem? Yeah, I've seen it and it's a real pain. It doesn't matter if one is local or remote, if you type fast enough, it happens locally as well. I seem to remember there may be a repeat rate that needs to be set but my workaround is to not use the graphical client. It doesn't matter if one uses VNC or RDP or whatever. It happens locally if one types fast enough. Remotely, (ssh into host then exporting X over a fast ssh connection) it has made installing an ubuntu guest on a freebsd host impossible. Exporting an xterm over the same connection and keyboard repeat is normal. The effect from what I've read is not unique to freebsd hosts. -- John