[NTLUG:Discuss] Dead Keyboard

[Dan Carlson]

I had a keyboard appear to quit working a couple weeks ago when I switched
to an AGP graphics adapter.  The same problem occured when I tried a
different AGP graphics adapter with a different controller from a different
manufacturer.  After a little trial and error I determined that the source
of the problem was GPM, the console mouse driver.  When GPM is run on my
system with either of these two AGP graphics adapters, it locks up the
keyboard.  I had had other problems with GPM in the past and I didn't really
need it, so I removed it from the configuration and all has worked well
since.  Your problem may be completely different, but if you are running
GPM, try killing it to see if that helps any.

Dan Carlson

----- Original Message -----
From: "lee" <lee at brave.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 9:20 AM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Dead Keyboard


> How would one reset a keyboard that's dead?
>
> I added three "Modes" entries to my XF86Config file and restarted X.  I
> switched to the first other resolution and it worked fine, but with the
next
> CTL-ALT-(+) keypress the monitor went blank and the keyboard doesn't
respond
> to any keypresses.  Caps Lock and Num Lock do not activate the LEDs.  I
have
> remote access and want to reset the keyboard without rebooting.  I killed
the
> X related processes and it had no effect.  Is it possible to reset a
machine's
> dead keyboard remotely without rebooting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- lee
>
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