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From: Kent Scheidegger <scheideg@mars.entic.net>
Subject: Re: Strange keyboard problem
Date: 7 Oct 2000 19:31:47 GMT
Organization: Dept of Silly Walks
Message-ID: <8rntn3$1i37$1@nntp1.ba.best.com>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
> In this situation what does the SHOW KEY command report for
> the keys that you press?
I wouldn't know, since in this state I can't enter any
commands, SHOW KEY included.
> Do you have multiple Keyboard Layouts installed? Such as
> Dvorak or an International layout. If so, you may be unknowningly
> instructing K95 to switch keyboard layouts using the Alt-Shift
> or Ctrl-Shift key combinations.
That is probably the answer. Many thanks, Jeff.
> In article <8rdq1t$8sa$2@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
> Kent Scheidegger <scheideg@mars.entic.net> wrote:
> : Every once in a while, using Kermit 95, my keyboard just goes
> : berserk. None of the keys produce the letters they are
> : supposed to, but they all all mapped to other characters.
> : This happens when I am logged on to a Unix shell account,
> : and I can't even type "logout" to get out of it.
> :
> : Anyone know why this happens and what to do about it?
> : Thanks in advance for any info.
> :
> : Kent Scheidegger
> :
> Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer
> The Kermit Project * Columbia University
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