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From: Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>
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Kirk Reiser <kirk@reisers.ca> writes:

> As far as I know, Chris Brannon submitted a patch to fix the
> cut-and-paste lock-up bug somewhere around 3.2.x. I don't know if that
> patch ever made it into the kernel speakup version or not.

You're thinking of the "goto position" bug, which I fixed.  The system
would crash every time someone tried to use the "go to" function.

As for the cut and paste bug, I haven't been able to reproduce it
consistently, and I never tracked down the cause.

-- Chris