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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Keyboard keeps locking up Post 302206742 by sstaszak11 on Wednesday 18th of June 2008 10:08:25 AM
Old 06-18-2008
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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XkbIgnoreExtension(3)						   XKB FUNCTIONS					     XkbIgnoreExtension(3)

NAME
XkbIgnoreExtension - Prevents core X library keyboard functions from using the X Keyboard Extension SYNOPSIS
Bool XkbIgnoreExtension (Bool *ignore); ARGUMENTS
ignore True means ignore the extension DESCRIPTION
If a server supports the Xkb extension, the X library normally implements preXkb keyboard functions using the Xkb keyboard description and state. The server Xkb keyboard state may differ from the preXkb keyboard state. This difference does not affect most clients, but there are exceptions. To allow these clients to work properly, you may instruct the extension not to use Xkb functionality. Call XkbIgnoreExtension to prevent core X library keyboard functions from using the X Keyboard Extension. You must call XkbIgnoreExtension before you open a server connection; Xkb does not provide a way to enable or disable use of the extension once a connection is established. XkbIgnoreExtension tells the X library whether to use the X Keyboard Extension on any subsequently opened X display connections. If ignore is True, the library does not initialize the Xkb extension when it opens a new display. This forces the X server to use compatibility mode and communicate with the client using only core protocol requests and events. If ignore is False, the library treats subsequent calls to XOpenDisplay normally and uses Xkb extension requests, events, and state. Do not explicitly use Xkb on a connection for which it is dis- abled. XkbIgnoreExtension returns False if it was unable to apply the ignore request. RETURN VALUES
True The XkbIgnoreExtension returns True if False The XkbIgnoreExtension function returns False if it was unable to apply the ignore request. SEE ALSO
XOpenDisplay(3) X Version 11 libX11 1.6.0 XkbIgnoreExtension(3)
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