From: Zwane M. <zw...@li...> - 2002-05-06 15:50:19
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On Mon, 6 May 2002, Greg Alexander wrote: > This is a problem with how NetBSD (and FreeBSD, I believe) handles key > repeats. It uses the system counter to determine how long a key has > been held. Unfortunately, when the system is idle bochs runs faster than > it normally does, which is usually faster than real life. Thus, it > thinks a key is repeating when it really isn't. > > The current fix for this is the slowdown timer. This can be enabled at > compile time. > > There is another fix in the pipe that lets bochs run at full speed but > still keeps the clock in sync with real time. I'm still working on that > one as there are still some ideosyncracies that are causing problems. > > Hope this helps, Thanks! that helps a lot and saves me that foray ;) by the system counter you mean i8254? -- http://function.linuxpower.ca |