Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-04 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 13:05 +, michael wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:41 +, michael wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 21:36 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > > > cs wrote: > > > > > > > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > > > > playing with the control centr

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-04 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 14:43 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > michael wrote: > > > Okay, I spoke too soon :( > > The mouse just ''froze'' on me again (as in I could move it but clicking > > did nothing) - had to ALT-TAB (to 'nothing' then again to get current > > apps)... > > That doesn't sound like a

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-03 Thread Adam Porter
michael wrote: > Okay, I spoke too soon :( > The mouse just ''froze'' on me again (as in I could move it but clicking > did nothing) - had to ALT-TAB (to 'nothing' then again to get current > apps)... That doesn't sound like a hardware problem. See if you can figure out what apps are running whe

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-03 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:41 +, michael wrote: > On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 21:36 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > > cs wrote: > > > > > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > > > playing with the control centre somehow reset it such that keyboard > > > started accepting

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-03 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 21:36 -0600, Adam Porter wrote: > cs wrote: > > > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > > playing with the control centre somehow reset it such that keyboard > > started accepting USB input again > > > > it seems (under Gnome) openning many

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
cs wrote: > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > playing with the control centre somehow reset it such that keyboard > started accepting USB input again > > it seems (under Gnome) openning many more application windows (that have > not been previously openned?)

mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-02 Thread cs
On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 17:37 +, michael wrote: > On 18 Dec 2007, at 23:57, Adam Porter wrote: > > > What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with > > different > > Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu > > or...? Does > > logging out and back in

keyboard probs

2000-07-27 Thread john-mark
I have installed debian Linux and the keyboard as U.S. English qwerty however I have a uk English keyboard there didn't seem to be a UK keyboard available. Now I have a few problems with some characters on the keyboard most problematic is the pipe redirector | which selects  a > whenever I