evdev keyboard problem in xorg 1.5.2 and evdev 2.0.99+

[Peter Hutterer]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:23:45PM -0700, Scott Serr wrote:
> Yes, it disappeared like magic when I run from from gdm instead of  
> startx.  startx launching gnome seems to always have this weird effect,  
> until I fiddle with the VisualEffects.  Did I mention I have to do this  
> each time I start gnome this way?  I reverted back to Hardy from  
> Intrepid since multiseat seems more stable there... and Hardy even has  
> this problem, atleast on my hardware.
>
> This information might help someone try to squash the bug better.

The bug has been fixed for 1.5 although patches are required on top of 1.5.3.

1.6 patches are in the queue for cherry-picking from master, and master is
fixed. thanks for trying to help though.

Cheers,
  Peter