Subj : Re: Help in diagnosing keyboard problem? - commands to reset keyboard?
To   : eric
From : Brendan S (Scratch User)
Date : Fri Jul 23 2004 10:02 am

Yes, I have noticed that if I log off and log on again that usually resolves it (alt-F1 doesn't seem to work for me). 

Is there any command that I can issue from the command line to reset the keyboard or X but leave my open windows open?

Brendan 

Eric Enright wrote:
> Brendan S (Scratch User) wrote:
> 
>>Hi
>>
>>I recently installed a new motherboard/processor (gigabyte 8knxp/P4 3.0G) on my RH9 distribution and ever since I have been having an intermittant keyboard problem. I was on the standard kernel, but upgraded to 2.4.20-31.9smp. That helped a bit, but the problem still occurs.  The one custom module I use is iteraid.o, which is needed to access the ATA drives on the 8knxp.
>>
>>The problem is this:
>>(a) once or twice a day my keyboard will do one of the following:
>>(b) act as if the control key is held down (each key press/mouse click becomes ctrl-key or ctrl-click)
> 
> <snip other weirdness>
> 
>>I think this is a problem with the input driver.  Any ideas about what I could try in diagnosing the cause of this/who I can talk to to find a solution would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> This occasionally happens to me on my Toshiba Satellite A30.
> I'm not exactly sure what causes it, but I have found that
> CTRL+ALT+F1-ing into text mode (or in that case, ALT+F1-ing ;)
> and then back into X resolves the issue.
> 
> Worthy of note, is that this has never happened to me while
> using Solaris on the same laptop (which uses Xsun, a derivative
> of Xorg).  Apparently XFree86 accesses keyboard hardware
> directly (see the "atkbd.c: unknown key released - XFree86
> shouldn't access hardware directly" bug), so the two combined
> lead me to believe it's an XFree86 thing.
> 
> HTH,

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