From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 19 00:03:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA15032 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:03:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from login.dknet.dk (fj@login.dknet.dk [193.88.44.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA15025 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:03:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fj@login.dknet.dk) Received: (from fj@localhost) by login.dknet.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA08080; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:02:59 +0100 (MET) From: Flemming Jacobsen Message-Id: <199803190802.JAA08080@login.dknet.dk> Subject: Re: Sporadic Keyboard Failure with 2.2.2-RELEASE To: aa@thinkwell.com (Allan Alford) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 98 9:02:52 MET Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Allan Alford wrote: > I'm running a standard roll-your-own Penitum mid-tower > system with a large 5-pin DIN keyboard, and periodically > while in FreeBSD/XWindows the keyboard just suddenly > fails to work. > > Mouse still works o.k. to exit X-Windows, but keyboard > doesn't respond - don't even get numlock/capslock lights. > > Any ideas? I know that this is vague, but since nobody else has responded ... I seem to remember that when using an earlier release my keyboard would lock-up too, and that the "cure" would be to switch to the console (using Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X again (using Alt-F4). This would unlock the keyboard for me. I also remember that upgradeing solved the problem. This machine is now running 2.2.5, and I haven't had the problem since I upgraded. I hope this helps. Hyg' Flemming -- Flemming Jacobsen It'll probably say something like "Does not compute" or "Inoperative parameters". That's Email: fj@login.dknet.dk what it says when it doesn't know and doesn't Phone: +45 3916 1833 want to admit it. -- Terry Pratchett: Wings To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message