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Subject: Re: temporary freezes when pressing capslock / numlock
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Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au> writes:

> Since upgrading to RELENG_7_0 I was experiencing momentary freezes (of
> about .5 seconds) whenever the capslock or numlock buttons were
> pressed.

I have experienced this too - also on RELENG_7_0.

> I would probably never have noticed it except for the strange noises
> produced when music is playing, and of course that is when it is the
> most annoying ;)

Indeed.

> The issue occurs both in console and in X, and for both ULE and
> 4BSD. The problem was reproducible with USB keyboards only (ukbd);
> atkbd seems fine.  It also occurs when numlockx is used to set numlock
> on or off without keyboard interaction.

For me the issue went away when I removed atkbd support from my
kernel. I still have ukbd and kbdmux.

-- 
Christian Laursen