On 7 April 2013 11:54, norman silverstone <nor...@littletank.org> wrote:
> Xubuntu 12.04 -> boot, no input possible from both keyboard and mouse >>> buttons. >>> >>> Ubuntu 12.04 -> boot, only intermittent input possible from both >>> keyboard >>> and mouse buttons. >>> >>> Windows XP Pro -> boot, input from keyboard and mouse buttons as >>> normal. >>> >>> The problem occurred spontaneously with my PC. Suggestions please on how >>> to >>> troubleshoot this anomaly. >>> >> Are they conventional usb keyboard and mouse? >> > Yes - I have tried both wired and wireless. > > >> When you say intermittent do you mean they come and go while you are >> using the PC or do they work for a while then stop and you have to >> reboot or unplug and replug the device, or something, to get them >> back, or some other sort of indeterminacy? >> > They come and go whilst using the PC. > >> Do they work/fail together? >> > Yes both the keyboard and the mouse buttons fail at the same time. > > I had a similar problem quite a while ago so I don't remember the exact details, but it was down to an accessibility option set - something to do with the time it takes for a pressed key to be registered - so if the keys register if they are held down for a long time, then this is the problem. Tony
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