Bug 267458 – x11-misc/synergy-1.3.1: key auto repeat issues

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

[Description gentoo 2009-04-25 19:17:23 UTC]

I'm using synergy to control my gentoo laptop from my desktop machine. After upgrading to xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 i noticed the following: As soon as synergy takes control of the laptop it turns of keyboard auto repeat which is quite annoying.
 
There is also a bug report on synergy's own tracker (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=490467&aid=1911548&group_id=59275) but it has't been fixed for over a year now so i think gentoo should include the patch which can be found at http://www.byteslooser.com/linux/synergy.patch/linuxSynergyPatch.html (Site is currently down, use google's cache).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 gentoo 2009-04-25 19:18:33 UTC]

Created attachment 189411 [details, diff]
This patch fixes the keyboard auto repeat issues with synergy-1.3.1

[Comment 2 Maik Nijhuis 2009-06-04 08:41:53 UTC]

I also have key repeat issues with the left and down keys.
At https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synergy/+bug/281546 I found a quick workaround: Type 'xset r 116' and 'xset r 113' before starting the synergy client. Until portage contains the patch, I'll stick to this workaround.

[Comment 3 Michael Weber (RETIRED) 2011-02-28 19:26:09 UTC]

I think that this patch was incooperated on version 1.3.6, can you please check the new version?

Thanks

[Comment 4 Maik Nijhuis 2011-03-05 13:12:45 UTC]

I hadn't used synergy for some time, but these are my test results:

Client: 1.3.1, server: 1.3.1-r2: arrow key problems. xev shows correct keycode, but incorrect keysym for all arrow-keys. arrows on numeric keypad work fine.

Client: 1.4.2, server: 1.3.1-r2: same problem

Client: 1.4.2, server: 1.4.2: problem gone. Synergy works perfectly.