Messages in this thread |  | | From | Aaron Crane <> | Date | Thu, 9 May 1996 15:14:09 GMT | Subject | keyboard problems |
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Hi. Sorry if this is a FAQ or very old or something, but in a recent frenzy of upgrades (hardware and software) I moved to 1.3.9[67] from 1.3.22. Under the latest kernels, I get mysterious "keyboard error" messages when typing if the system is under heavy load. (Or even if it's just swapping something.) They seem more common when I use the arrow and editing keys.
The errors show up in the logs. One of them also managed to embed a mysterious high-bit character in a file while I was using GNU emacs, which caused my shell script to fail in bizarre ways.
The message comes from linux/drivers/char/keyboard.c; the change log at the top of that file says the last change was in October 95, so perhaps it's strange that no-one else has reported it if it's a kernel problem. Perhaps its a flaky keyboard or motherboard? Please don't hesitate to ask for more info if needed.
Regards. --- Aaron Crane, undergrad at SOAS, University of London Snail: International Hall, Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AS, England Voice: +44 (0)171-837 0746 x7312 (ask for me in room 111) ObSig: "Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California." (Edsger Dijkstra)
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