Re: Keyboard randomly generates a `
On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Randy Edwards wrote: I've seen the freezing on more than one keyboard that subsequently became completely useless. I'd consider a new keyboard based on that alone. My keyboard has been doing this ever since I got it, about two years ago. So I doubt it will break down any time soon. I've seen this behavior on many keyboards: MS Natural clones, Dell keyboards, random cheapo-type keyboards -- a wide variety. It's nice to see that I'm not the only one with this problem. Have you ever observed this on Windows or only Linux? Do you have instances where a keyboard does it while another one of the same brand and model does not?` ^ here it goes again! [...] Anyone know what is causing the ` to be generated (bash really likes those chars tossed in here or there!:-). Yes. gcc and perl are very picky too. -- Francois Gouget [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://fgouget.free.fr/ Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware
Re: Keyboard randomly generates a `
I've seen the freezing on more than one keyboard that subsequently became completely useless. I'd consider a new keyboard based on that alone. I've seen this behavior on many keyboards: MS Natural clones, Dell keyboards, random cheapo-type keyboards -- a wide variety. I've never seen it at boot or to cause locks, nor experienced the keyboards failing after a period of time. I see just a ` character generated at random times while the machine/keyboard is in operation. Anyone know what is causing the ` to be generated (bash really likes those chars tossed in here or there!:-). -- Regards,| Need some help with Debian GNU/Linux? . | Randy | Look no further than http://debianhelp.org ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) |
Re: Keyboard randomly generates a `
on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:01:34PM -0800, Eric G . Miller (egm2@jps.net) wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:08:16PM -0800, Francois Gouget wrote: The second feature of this keyboard is that sometimes it freezes. And this time I know it's the model because it also happens on NT4 and Win2000 machines. Doing a cold keyboard reboot (unpluging and replugging it) plus a kbdrate fixes it. May be related? I've seen the freezing on more than one keyboard that subsequently became completely useless. I'd consider a new keyboard based on that alone. One possibility is stuck keys or dirty contacts. If it's worth the $15 replacement cost, you *can* disassemble the keyboard and clean everything out, but you have to dry all the parts thoroughly before putting them back together. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org pgp90Ir5R6mDy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Keyboard randomly generates a `
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:08:16PM -0800, Francois Gouget wrote: The second feature of this keyboard is that sometimes it freezes. And this time I know it's the model because it also happens on NT4 and Win2000 machines. Doing a cold keyboard reboot (unpluging and replugging it) plus a kbdrate fixes it. May be related? I've seen the freezing on more than one keyboard that subsequently became completely useless. I'd consider a new keyboard based on that alone. -- Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net
