diff -r fc6cf749b544 Lib/test/test_kqueue.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py	Sat May 02 22:26:53 2009 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py	Sat May 02 23:47:13 2009 +0200
@@ -162,6 +162,22 @@
         server.close()
         serverSocket.close()
 
+    def testPair(self):
+        kq = select.kqueue()
+        a, b = socket.socketpair()
+
+        a.send(b'foo')
+        event1 = select.kevent(a, select.KQ_FILTER_READ, select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE)
+        event2 = select.kevent(b, select.KQ_FILTER_READ, select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE)
+        r = kq.control([event1, event2], 1, 1)
+        self.assertTrue(r)
+        self.assertFalse(r[0].flags & select.KQ_EV_ERROR)
+        self.assertEquals(b.recv(r[0].data), b'foo') 
+
+        a.close()
+        b.close()
+        kq.close()
+
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(TestKQueue)
 
diff -r fc6cf749b544 Modules/selectmodule.c
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c	Sat May 02 22:26:53 2009 +0200
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c	Sat May 02 23:47:13 2009 +0200
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@
 	if (nevents < 0) {
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
 			"Length of eventlist must be 0 or positive, got %d",
-			nchanges);
+			nevents);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@
 				 	"select.kevent objects");
 				goto error;
 			} else {
-				chl[i] = ((kqueue_event_Object *)ei)->e;
+				chl[i++] = ((kqueue_event_Object *)ei)->e;
 			}
 			Py_DECREF(ei);
 		}