When you telnet in, just stop and restart xdm if you are running xdm. Any other lock-up can usually be resolved by killing the process of the program you were in when locking up.
On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Stephen A. Witt wrote: > I'm having an intermittant but recurring problem with the keyboard of my > computer. Every so often (maybe about 5 or 6 times a day), when I begin > typing, the first keystroke that seems to be received is the ` key. > Also, about every 30 days or so (although its done it twice today) the > keyboards locks up completely. Nothing I type on the keyboard seems to be > received by the computer. I can telnet in from another machine and > everything else about it seems to be running fine. If I reboot the > machine, then the lockup problem does not recur for a long (usually) time, > like days or weeks. I can't imagine that this is a hardware problem as > it clears up after a reboot. > > This problem occurs when I'm running X. I don't really know if it would > occur in a console window as I never run that way. The pertinenet > keyboard settings from my XF86Config are: > > Section "Keyboard" > Protocol "Standard" > XkbRules "xfree86" > XkbModel "pc101" > XkbLayout "us" > XkbOptions "ctrl:swapcaps" > EndSection > > > I'm running Debian 2.0 (although this problem also occurred with 1.3). > Its a Dell Optiplex GXa, 300 MHz PII, etc. that was purchased around > February 1998. I've only got Debian installed on this machine, no other > OSs. It is my work computer and normally is left on all the time (except > for keyboard lockup reboots!). > > Has anyone ever experienced anything this? Any clues as to how to > troubleshoot this? > > Thanks... > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************ pgp public key emailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************/
