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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works [SOLVED]
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:12:44
Message-Id: AANLkTilTdHVoi2Q3uW3SSdk6P5PSSPthCDgeX3onZ34A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works [SOLVED] by Albert Hopkins
1 On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 06:09 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote:
3 >> On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 19:03 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
4 >> > Have you completely powered down the machine and replugged the
5 >> > keyboard? Sometimes hardware gets stuck in an unknown state.
6 >> >
7 >> > Just an idea.
8 >>
9 >> It's a laptop, so plugging out the keyboard may be a challenge for me :P
10 >>
11 >> But yeah, the machine has been completely powered down several times.  I
12 >> might try pulling the battery though.
13 >
14 > Well, I don't believe it but plugging out the battery for a few secs and
15 > plugging it back in fixed it (with the system shut down).  Thanks for
16 > the tip Mark. :)
17 >
18 > -a
19
20 Hey - glad it worked Albert!
21
22 Cheers,
23 Mark