From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 12 18:48:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 060F216A418 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:48:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@madole.net) Received: from b.omd3.com (b.omd3.com [69.90.174.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C66A43D5C for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:48:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@madole.net) Received: from static-66-212-193-19.myeastern.com ([66.212.193.19] helo=[192.168.231.195]) by b.omd3.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1FprSs-000M8f-Dw; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:48:42 -0400 Message-ID: <448DB707.8020105@madole.net> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:48:39 -0400 From: "David S. Madole" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: plcplc@gmail.com References: <200606121849.45538.plcplc@gmail.com> <200606122042.00928.plcplc@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200606122042.00928.plcplc@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange keyboard (viral?) behaviour X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:48:44 -0000 Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote: > Hm. A little more research seems to have narrowed it down a bit. > > Apparently the text come from my sisters windows pc and is transmitted > realtime to my freebsd machine, peculiar as it may sound. but at least now I > have the means to look at the problem more carefully. > > But I am still at a loss as to explain how it continued typing even after I > unplugged the network card (it's a laptop..), and how it was able to continue > even in singleuser mode before the network had been properly set up (let > alone plugged in at all). > Wireless keyboard on your sister's machine and your laptop just happens to have a compatible receiver built-in? David