On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 05:48:27 -0700, Bob Cober wrote:

> bdd wrote:
>> Occasionally, and pretty randomly, my keyboard stops accepting input on a
>> dell inspiron 5100 laptop. It causes me to have to reboot through the
>> menus, and I have tried all kinds of stuff to change it, but no luck. When
>> it does this, as it reboots, i get a wierd colored screen, and i can see
>> some of the messages, but nothing about the problem. It also causes my
>> pcmcia wireless connection to freeze (or at least slow down considerably).
>> anyone else have any problems with something like this?
>>
>> - I have tried all the various power management options in the kernel,
>> - Reconfigured X
>> - Tried to boot without PCMCIA card inserted, and then reinserted it after
>> boot.
>> The problem does not appear to happen with the regular NIC connection.
>>
>
> In the past, I had issues with a Dell Inspiron 8500 keyboard. On this
> model, near the power button at the top of the keyboard, there is a tiny
> 'button stick' that detects when the cover is closed. One of the things
> that periodically happens is that after closing the top, this button
> thing sticks closed and I get no screen until I push down the keyboard
> around the button.
>
> This probably isn't your issue but maybe...



I don't think it is, since it happens after the keyboard has already been
working, I have tried it though, (pushing the kbd down near the power
button) ill post if it helps. thanks though.