Re: 2.1.84/Intel UP keyboard problem

Alan Modra (alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au)
Sun, 1 Feb 1998 16:25:38 +1030 (CST)

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> I just had a problem which was as if I'd held down the Ctrl key
> continuously. I wasn't using X; I was able to shut down by pasting
> characters from gpm. The keyboard I'm using has a missing key and a big
> question mark written on it, but I've used it for tens of hours with no
> other problems.

This could well be due to missing a keyboard interrupt.
(Specifically, the one when you released a Ctrl key). The keyboard
driver probably thought you still had the Ctrl key down. When this
sort of thing happens (I haven't seen it under Linux), I sequentially
press and release all of the Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys. Most times that
fixes the keyboard state.

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