Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2162 mails)

["John Andersen" <jsamyth@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:40 PM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Listmates,
>
>        I just checked on an 11.0 box, tapped on the keyboard and nothing
> happened. Then looked closer at the keyboard and the scroll lock, numlock,
> and caplock lights are on steady. That was strange, because moments earlier
> I was working from a samba share on the box. A quick ssh into the box and
> check of the logs and all is good - no errors. What happened to the
> keyboard? I know flashing lights means hardware failure, what do steady
> lights mean? What to try to get the keyboard back?
>
>        (we have a kitten, so a prior tap-dance on the keyboard isn't out of
> the question)

I had this happen with a USB keyboard.  I plugged in another one beside
it and it started working fined.  Closed the X session and re-logged in
and they both worked.

Its really aggravating when it happens on my Laptop. Now I just
ssh into it with my phone and restart X.


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