[ale] Keyboard lockups

[Geoffrey]

David Corbin wrote:
> Well, disabling the APIC option has made my system much happier.  Now, twice 
> in a day, I've had this problem where the keyboard simply stopped 
> functioning.  Both times, I was in X, and both times, I was just about to 
> send an IM in Gaim (so it might be a GAIM-related problem).
> 
> Rebooting corrected it.  Next time, I'll take smaller steps -- kill GAIM, if I 
> can, restart X,  Try typing in a virtual console.  But, in the mean time, any 
> other suggestions?

I assume the mouse still works?  I've had times where I would select a 
browser window, try to type in a text box and I'd get nothing.  If I 
selected a different window then reselect the browser window the problem 
went away.

Also, try switching to a virtual as you've noted, then switching back. 
Try to determine if it's X related or app related.  Do that by trying 
other things on the keyboard, like meta keys to move a window or some 
such.  These vary from one wm to another, so I can't make any specific 
suggestions.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995