On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:30:01 -0400 > Arbol One <arbol...@hotmail.ca> wrote: > > > In my Debian 12, the keyboard stopped working all of the sudden, i > > tried using the 'Screen Keyboard', but it didn't work either. Coming > > from the world of Windows 10, I intended to reinstall the Debian. > > On-screen keyboards usually require a working mouse or touch screen. > Did the mouse work? > > Re-installing is pretty drastic. I would have tried some diagnostics > first: broken keyboard, keyboard battery dead, keyboard unplugged, etc. > I might then have tried rebooting. > > > After the 'Screen Blackout' kicked in and then moving the mouse, I > > was asked to enter the password, and the keyboard worked! > > > > However, the keyboard doesn't work on any other application; no > > matter what key I press. > > That sounds like a software failure, interrupt or daemon not working. > Again, rebooting might be the thing. > I have that problem occasionally. I just unplug the USB connector then plug it back in and the keyboard works again. > > > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https://charlescurley.com/blog/ > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
