> On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Derrik Pates wrote:
>
> > On 22 Mar 1996, Brian Blackmore wrote:
> > > Pressing Alt+F3+F4 consistantly gives a "Keyboard Error" (I noticed it
> > > when console switching rather rapidly) it seems to have been like this
> > > ever since time began and happens with no other key combination I can
> > > find. Could possibly cause problems with a game of some kind and
> > > might help spot a bug elsewhere?
> >
> > Can't reproduce this. I pressed Alt+F3+F4 on our test server (P75, 32MB
> > RAM, ASUSTeK MB) and nothing happens - it just sits there staring at me
> > (you know what I mean). After, I can still do everything normally. Maybe
> > bad keyboard / KB controller chip? That'd be my best guess on that one.
>
> I can't get that particular error either with Alt+F3+F4 on either of the two
> systems I tried, but I've noticed that different keyboards are picky about
> different things.
>
> In general, it's quite easy to get Linux to complain about a "keyboard
> error" if you mash several keys at once. On my system, this includes
> pressing all four arrow keys simultaneously, which could theoretically be
> something someone might want to do in a video game.
>
Hmm, after some experimentation, It seems that I can produce a keyboard
error very easly, it basically goes find a key combination that dosent
print anything to the screen, and hold it. When you press (and hold) a
combination, you usally get the last key pressed repeated, Ie pressing
(and holding) a b c (in that order), I get 'abccccccccccc', but with d as
well I get 'abckeyboard error' (the keyboard error is only on the
console, and goes away with a ^L).
Bryn
PS So the Alt-F3-F4 one is press, and hold them.
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