[ale] keyboard issues

[Nick Lucent]

On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Jim Williams wrote:

See if the cord is going bad, try moving it and see if the lights
blink/operation restored, whatever. im having the same problem w/ sore
wrists, Im using a ms keyboard, but it doesnt help. Go here for a bunch of
ergo keyboard suggestions

http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/02/23/1251212.shtml

Nick

> Hello all,
> I have finally made Linux (RH5.2 with the kernel it shipped
> with...2.0.3??) my workstation at my new job.
> I have one of those ergonomic M$ keyboards that I like to use but I am
> having a strange problem.  After the system runs for awhile I notice
> the lights start to blink on the keyboard and then I lose all keyboard
> input.  Then in a bit they blink again and control is restored.  This
> keeps happening until the keyboard just completely dies (hard to
> shutdown cleanly at this point).
> 
> It seems to not be happening with this generic keyboard I am using now
> but I have not been on it for very long.
> 
> Preferably I would like some suggestions on other ergonomic keyboards
> so I can scrap this last piece of M$ garbage.  My wrists get sore with
> a normal keyboard, especilly when I work out so I need a solution. 
> Hard to write code when your fingers won't go where you want.
> 
> Has anyone else run into a problem like this with these keyboards and
> fixed it.  I do not want to just start changing the keyboard type and
> screw up my access to this system.
> 
> Jim Williams
> Software Developer, ICC/GRSoftware
> 
> 
> 
> ===
> Jim Williams
> 
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