If I press and hold control_l and then press and hold control_r, no keypress event is generated for control_r. If I then release control_l, a keyrelease event is generated and the "state" of the control key is 'not pressed' even though I still have control_r pressed. Happens with alt as well. Very common (for me) in emacs which uses a lot of modifier keys. I touch type fast enough that It's not uncommon for me to have the paired modifier keys down at the same time. Has been in the server for a while. Hummingbird seems to have fixed it. I reported it to WRQ long ago and they mentioned that it was in the original xorg code.
Observed recently in both 6.7 and 6.8 on cygwin.
Whats the status of this bug using a current version of xorg?
unreproducible for me here. aptosca, does this only occur for you under cygwin, as well?
Ping to the bug submitter!
I'll update my cygwin today to check. I'll post results and/or close the bug.
In the latest cygwin (calls itself 6.8.2.0-4), this seems to be fixed for control but not for alt. With alt_r pressed, no alt_l key events get through, at least as seen by xev.
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