Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 23:43:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bad Keyboard problem Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970701234137.1584A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970701201603.2659A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > I just upgraded from a prerelease snap of 2.2 to 2.2.2-RELEASE. > Since then, I've noticed a rather bad problem, > > Occasionally, FreeBSD will begin acting as if my Control key is > constantly pressed. That is, a `j' will generate an '^J'. This > would occasionally happen before the upgrade but I was always > able to fix the problem by pressing all of my Ctrl, Alt, and > Shift keys. This no longer works. Further, with the upgrade, > the frequency has increased to the point where my system is only > marginally useable. Additionally, I have noticed that, when the keyboard enters this incorrect state, X is still able to read it properly, pointing to a syscons bug, yes? [syscons bug or not, that doesn't really help me with the problem at hand...] -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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