From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Mon Aug 10 16:50:45 2009 Message-ID: <4A8087B8.1040109@atari-source.org> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:48:56 -0400 From: Mark Duckworth User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "J. F. Lemaire" CC: mint@lists.fishpool.fi Subject: Re: [MiNT] Stuck keys References: <90CB32FBEFE74D39858EF918A30E1B7B@joevenlt> <200908102216.11263.jflemaire@skynet.be> <4A8081BE.7030806@atari-source.org> <200908102245.34483.jflemaire@skynet.be> In-Reply-To: <200908102245.34483.jflemaire@skynet.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Score: -1.4 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: mduckworth@atari-source.org Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: J. F. Lemaire wrote: > On Monday 10 August 2009, Mark Duckworth wrote: > > >> Start up machine boot into mint and xaaes. Open up AtarIRC, type >> "Hello guys, what's >> goinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn... >> >> And you can't stop it without rebooting. It's like the key is stuck >> down when it's not. >> > > Just tried it and after several lines of 'Ns', the key is still not > stuck. Looks like a problem with the Eiffel hardware. > > JFL > No it's not like that. You'll be typing "Hello guys, what's going on". But you get to the n and it'll just stick and repeat n over and over. No way to escape except reboot. It does not happen every time at all and it's very random. I have to investigate to get a concrete scenario that triggers it. Thanks, Mark