Re: Keyboard oddness.

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:50:25PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le ven 26/09/2003 ? 16:26, Vojtech Pavlik a écrit :
> > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:21:57PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> > > Le ven 26/09/2003 ? 16:17, Vojtech Pavlik a écrit :
> > > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:12:47PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > > The difference being the system can then try to rescue my keyboard;)
> > > > > Right now the only fix I have is to reboot the system because there is
> > > > > precious little I can do with a stuck keyboard. Thank god software
> > > > > reboot is always possible be it with the mouse or the acpi button.
> > > > > 
> > > > > (and this also solves the case when something falls on a keyboard which
> > > > > does happen now and then. I don't mind a screen of j's when the
> > > > > alternative is 200 j's screenfulls)
> > > > 
> > > > You can simply press any key and it'll stop repeating. 
> > > > 
> > > > If that doesn't work, you have a more severe problem than a stuck key,
> > > > that wouldn't be solved by stopping the repeat.
> > > 
> > > It stops the repeat all right.
> > > The problem is the keyboard is dead afterwards:(
> > 
> > That's very interesting. Can you enable DEBUG in i8042.c and post a log?
> 
> Will it be of any use for an USB keyboard ? (just asking)

No. For an USB keyboard I'd suggest unplugging it, then re-plugging and
then it should work. Then look at what 'dmesg' says.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR