Comment 7 for bug 324465

Ctrl a delete and shift home delete for the win

Dan Syme
Beardbar Studios
ph: 509.388.4869

On Mar 14, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Jared Bunting
<email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks. Didn't even think of that. It may slow down text editing,
> but
> it's a heck of a lot faster than having to restart all of my programs.
>
> --
> X crashes when holding down key on non-primary screen (Xinerama)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/324465
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “xorg-server” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xorg
>
> When in any text field, on any screen other than the primary one,
> holding down a key causes X to crash. (Goes black, X restarts
> automatically). I have tested this with backspace, arrow keys, and
> letters. It does not crash when holding ctrl, alt, or shift.
>
> I have two NVidia 8600GT cards and 4 screens. I am using the latest
> restricted nvidia driver, which from what I can tell should be ABI
> compatible (180.27), from the jaunty repository.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu11
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-6-generic (buildd@crested) (gcc
> version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-3ubuntu1) ) #17-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 30
> 15:35:08 UTC 2009
>
> SourcePackage: xorg
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-6-generic x86_64
>
> [lspci]
> 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation C55 Host Bridge [10de:
> 03a3] (rev a2)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device
> [1462:0000]
> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce
> 8600 GT [10de:0402] (rev a1)
> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:3452]
> 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce
> 8600 GT [10de:0402] (rev a1)
> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:3452]
>