Re: keyboard locks in 1.3.9x

joost witteveen (joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl)
Thu, 25 Apr 1996 15:40:05 +0200 (MET DST)

>
> Is there a way to send an arbitrary command to the keyboard by logging
> in over the network and running some user-mode program? Or better yet,
> is there some way we can make the kernel automatically figure send some
> sort of reset command when it gets a "Keyboard error"?
>
> Right now, the only recourse I have is the Big Red Switch (tm).

When it happend to me, simply unplugging the keyboard and plugging it
back in worked always. But this was quite some time ago (I haven't
seen it with 1.3.8x or 1.3.90).

It leaved the keyboard with a different repeat rate, but that could
be re-adjusted.

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