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Date:      Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:07:04 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Udo Wolter <uwp@ukrv.de>
To:        yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (Kazutaka YOKOTA)
Cc:        uwp@ukrv.de, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
Subject:   Re: PS/2 and Keycode bug
Message-ID:  <9707141507.AA16510@merlin.ukrv.de>
In-Reply-To: <199707081711.CAA13841@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> from Kazutaka YOKOTA at "Jul 9, 97 02:11:06 am"

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> >But the keyboard never
> >comes back, I never get any console until I reboot.
> 
> What happens if you hit Num-Lock, Caps-Lock or Scroll-Lock?  If
> hitting these keys changes the keyboard LEDs, the keyboard driver is
> working.  Another way to test the keyboard driver is to login to the

Nope, they're not working.

> system via telnet or rlogin from another host, become root, and issue
> `kbdcontrol -r fast < /dev/ttyv0'. If the keyboard driver is dead, the
> command will fail.

But this command is ok when trying it from root. No error when I'm using it
from a rlogin terminal. Btw., I have to use root, because while starting X
I log out from the syscons-console.
 
> You see, there always is a possibility that it is either the window
> manager or a client program that is not responding to mouse or
> keyboard input, and the keyboard and mouse drivers are sending correct
> data to the X server.

But what is it in my case ?
 
Bye,
	Udo
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