From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Mon Jan 04 1999 - 21:06:08 EST
On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:16:07 -0500 (EST), Stephen Amadei wrote:
>On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Randal Whittle wrote:
>
>> At 09:36 AM 1/3/99 +0200, you wrote:
>> >I'm experiencing frequent lockups of my keyboard.
>>
>> >I'm typing along (using Warp 4, fixpack 7 in a pm or vio os/2 program, or in
>> >a dos box)
>> >and hit the trackpoint stick (aka eraser head) and a key or two at the same
>> >time, and I'm
>> >locked up with beeping keys, in all programs, and on the desktop. The
>> >pointer still
>> >works so I can close everything down, but even a CAD won't work because all
>> >the keys
>> >will do is beep. So I have to physically turn the computer off to clear the
>> >problem.
>> >
>> >I can replicate the problem by typing fast and bumping the trackpoint stick.
>> >
>> >Any ideas about what to do about this, besides slowing down or getting new
>> >fingers?
>>
>> <Grin!> Pardon my gloating, but this is the famed, ultra-stable, OS/2
>> Operating System that can't handle a simple keyboard trap?
>
>Actually, I've seen this happen all the time with normal desktop
>computers... especially as the keyboards get over a year old... or if the
>system has been on a _long_ time without keyboard input. The solution for
>me is usually unplugging and plugging in the keyboard, then everything is
>fine... without a reboot. Of course, you can't do this with a laptop.
Speaking of OS/2 fixpack stuff, I recently did an online upgrade to FP9 (Warp 4) for my 701.
Now when I load up pages in Communicator, some graphics have white lines going
horizontally through them. Same happens on here, and this machine has FP6.
Is there a file I could replace, or maybe reinstall the video drivers (as much as I hate that)?
-- Paul Khoury | <pkhoury_at_loop.com> | Sent from my K5-200 http://warped.cswnet.com/~pkhoury/index.html Running OS/2 3/4, Win NT 4.0, Sun Solaris 2.3/2.4 and Newton OS 2.0 ICQ#22543041 AIM - pkhoury12
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