Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

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6 total messages Started by David Longley Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00

#53

Author: David Longley
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00

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Does  anyone know why some systems tend to lock the keyboard  out 
when  the password prompt is presented in WFWG? I have to  reboot 
two or three times to get round this.
-- 
David Longley

Longley Consulting                                                  London, UK
Behaviour Assessment & Profiling Technology,
Research, Data Analysis and Training Services,
Small IT Systems                                http://www.longley.demon.co.uk

Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

#48

Author: Tom Bird
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <912645679snz@longley.demon.co.uk>, David Longley
<David@longley.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <u0tm+TAXDFZ2Ewfr@dbqa.demon.co.uk>
>           hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk "Tom Bird" writes:
>
>> In article <912473796snz@longley.demon.co.uk>, David Longley
>> <David@longley.demon.co.uk> writes
>> >Does  anyone know why some systems tend to lock the keyboard  out 
>> >when  the password prompt is presented in WFWG? I have to  reboot 
>> >two or three times to get round this.
>> 
>> ITYM, you are using broken keyboards.
>> 
>
>They'e new keyboards.
>
>Cache is set to 2048. It's odd as they systems are all the same.

What's the rest of the spec?  Even slow systems _should_ be able to
accept keystrokes as well as doing a little housekeeping.

TB

Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

#49

Author: David Longley
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00

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Does  anyone know why some systems tend to lock the keyboard  out 
when  the password prompt is presented in WFWG? I have to  reboot 
two or three times to get round this.

Keyboards are new, and it doesn't happen on all machines.

-- 
David Longley

Longley Consulting                                                  London, UK
Behaviour Assessment & Profiling Technology,
Research, Data Analysis and Training Services,
Small IT Systems                                http://www.longley.demon.co.uk

Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

#50

Author: Harry Broomhall
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <912774436snz@longley.demon.co.uk>,
	David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> Does  anyone know why some systems tend to lock the keyboard  out 
> when  the password prompt is presented in WFWG? I have to  reboot 
> two or three times to get round this.
> 
> Keyboards are new, and it doesn't happen on all machines.

  I cannot recall an instance of this in all my years of using 
WfWg.  (And I still use it for MIDI and related things.)

  Nor can I think of a mechanism for this to happen.  

  How 'locked' is the keyboard. e.g. does the caps lock still
work etc?

  Regards,
     Harry.

Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

#51

Author: David Longley
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <748omr$30tg$1@quince.news.easynet.net>
           haeb@easynet.net "Harry Broomhall" writes:

> In article <912774436snz@longley.demon.co.uk>,
>         David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> > Does  anyone know why some systems tend to lock the keyboard  out 
> > when  the password prompt is presented in WFWG? I have to  reboot 
> > two or three times to get round this.
> > 
> > Keyboards are new, and it doesn't happen on all machines.
> 
>   I cannot recall an instance of this in all my years of using 
> WfWg.  (And I still use it for MIDI and related things.)
> 
>   Nor can I think of a mechanism for this to happen.  
> 
>   How 'locked' is the keyboard. e.g. does the caps lock still
> work etc?
> 

Keyboard  is  frozen.  I *have* seen this before,  I  just  can't 
recall  the solution. My bet is on the NIC or caching. Odd  thing 
is there are 13 machines which are basically all the same and  it 
only happens on a few.

-- 
David Longley

Longley Consulting                                                  London, UK
Behaviour Assessment & Profiling Technology,
Research, Data Analysis and Training Services,
Small IT Systems                                http://www.longley.demon.co.uk

Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

#52

Author: Harry Broomhall
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <912786578snz@longley.demon.co.uk>,
	David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> In article <748omr$30tg$1@quince.news.easynet.net>
>            haeb@easynet.net "Harry Broomhall" writes:
[SNIP]
>>   I cannot recall an instance of this in all my years of using 
>> WfWg.  (And I still use it for MIDI and related things.)
>> 
>>   Nor can I think of a mechanism for this to happen.  
>> 
>>   How 'locked' is the keyboard. e.g. does the caps lock still
>> work etc?
>> 
> 
> Keyboard  is  frozen.  I *have* seen this before,  I  just  can't 
> recall  the solution. My bet is on the NIC or caching. Odd  thing 
> is there are 13 machines which are basically all the same and  it 
> only happens on a few.

   Hm. I take it that the mouse still works.  I would say that there
is a problem with the the keyboard driver unit.  The reboots
might be allowing it to warm up a bit and then work.  If it *is* this
then it's new motherboard time in lots of cases.

   You *might* try varying the A20 gate setting (which is on the same
chip) to see if that helps - but this is a bit clutching at straws!

   I'll have a look at my copy of the Resource Kit when I get home
to see if there is any clue there.

   Regards,
      Harry.

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