On Wednesday 28 May 2008, ionut cucu wrote: > While gracefully working on my computer out of the blue, by keyboard > stops working. Changing keyboards didn't help, only rebooting does. Both > PS/2 keyboards...So I guess it's a computer issue...any ideas where I > should start looking?
If you're using X, next time try the following: press Alt + SysRQ + r, switch to console with Ctrl + Alt + F1 and start killing random programs, occasionally switching back to X. In the past, I've had trouble with Amarok jamming the keyboard; if you're using it, it might be a good first target for your killing spree. You need to have CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y in the kernel for this to work (it's on by default). For a safer reboot, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key , especially the 'Raising Elephants' part. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
