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06-18-2008

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Keyboard keeps locking up

First off, let me start by saying that I am a total rookie when it comes to Unix so I will do my best to explain the situation.

BACKGROUND:We are running AIX and using a third party Inventory Management software called Acclaim. My main interface terminal is just a "dummy" terminal hooked up to the server. I also have a slave printer attached to that terminal that I run my reports on.

PROBLEM: Every night I run a day end report that when finished, takes me back to the log in screen. For the last two weeks, when I come in in the morning and go to log on, the keyboard is locked. The only keys that will function are the Caps lock, Num Lock, Space Bar , and a Setup key. I cannot type in any letters or numbers in order to log in. The only thing that unfreezes the keyboard is turning the dummy terminal off and then back on again.

As I said, this problem only started occurring a couple of weeks ago. The only thing that I can think of that occurred that could have caused this is when I tried to run a report to the slave printer. It started to print out some gibberish and I could do nothing to break out of the loop it was caught in.

I shut down the dummy terminal and logged back in and everything seemed to be working fine. The problem only occurs after the terminal has been unused for a long period of time(i.e. overnight). I have already tried a reboot, but this has not fixed the problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions???

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gnome-keybinding-properties

gnome-keybinding-properties(1)					   User Commands				    gnome-keybinding-properties(1)

NAME

       gnome-keybinding-properties - assign shortcut keys to commands

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-keybinding-properties [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool allows you to display the default keyboard shortcuts and to customize them to your requirements. You
       can also create hot keys. Hot keys are keyboard shortcuts that start applications.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching the Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool

       example% gnome-keybinding-properties

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-keybindinExecutableefor Keyboard Shortcuts preferences tool

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	     ATTRIBUTE VALUE	    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Preference Tools Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10							    2 Oct 2003					    gnome-keybinding-properties(1)