Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Keyboard error | From | Aaron Ucko <> | Date | 10 Aug 1997 22:18:49 -0500 |
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George <greerga@entropy.muc.muohio.edu> writes:
> This is probably a dumb question, but I've always wondered: If I hold down > ENTER and K, and then hit F, I can get a 'keyboard error' for every single > letter. Holding down ENTER and K and hitting D does not. Kernel is 2.1.36 > but I've seen it all the way back in 1.2.8. It's just a standard 101 key > keyboard, doesn't even have a brand name on it. On an old 286-era Suntouch > model keyboard on another machine with Linux 2.1.42 kernel I have to hold > SHIFT, ENTER, K, and then hit F to do it. Both machines are Pentium class. > > Does the keyboard signal error or should the driver cope with that or > should I just not do that?
You probably shouldn't do it; anyway, the kernel is just reporting that the keyboard told it it was unhappy. Some other operating systems ignore the signal entirely, which is why you only see Linux complain.
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