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- From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: keyboard lockup??
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 05:43:27 GMT
- Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
- Lines: 21
- Message-ID: <Gary.Woodman.937.727595007@anu.edu.au>
- References: <1993Jan20.092025.19992@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Summary: keyboard locks (?) randomly
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- In article <1993Jan20.092025.19992@news.acns.nwu.edu> brokow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mike Brokowski) writes:
- >Recently I recently installed OS/2 on a new hard drive (GA + CSD)
- >and I have been hit by a bug. At seemingly random times the keyboard
- >will stop working. The mouse works, I can launch stuff from WPS,
- >close windows and all, but zip from the keyboard.
-
- Me too - it's a PITA. Happened on GA and now SP. Hardware: Wyse Decision
- Mate 3216. Never happens at home on my clone 486.
-
- >It doesn't even
- >happen necessarily *during* any specific application - most recently
- >I started the WPS lockup (1st time since this install) and *typed*
- >the password then came back 2 hours later and couldn't get any
- >response from the "lock" screensaver. Nothing else running except
- >memstat.exe.
-
- Mine almost always happens in my DOS+packetdriver network box, occasionally
- other DOS boxes, once or twice OS/2 command line sessions.
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- Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au This post made from 100% recycled electrons.
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