Re: Keyboard oddness.

Vojtech Pavlik
2003-09-26T14:18:45Z

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:12:47PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:

> The difference being the system can then try to rescue my keyboard;)
> Right now the only fix I have is to reboot the system because there is
> precious little I can do with a stuck keyboard. Thank god software
> reboot is always possible be it with the mouse or the acpi button.
>
> (and this also solves the case when something falls on a keyboard which
> does happen now and then. I don't mind a screen of j's when the
> alternative is 200 j's screenfulls)

You can simply press any key and it'll stop repeating.

If that doesn't work, you have a more severe problem than a stuck key,
that wouldn't be solved by stopping the repeat.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR