Re: USB keyboard required replugging--how to avoid?
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> From: Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: USB keyboard required replugging--how to avoid?
>
> On 02/03/15 08:22 AM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
>
>> Hi, i have a USB keyboard that, every week or three, will drop off, and
> require replugging to work again. It is immediately recognized and works fine
> after I do this This was the case on a previous Wheezy system, and it still
> happens on a Jessie box I built.
>>
>> The problem is that the new box has hard-to-access USB ports, so in order
> to replug the keyboard, I have to remove a panel, so its not just a quick step.
>>
>> I realize that there's probably no easy solution--if the keyboard
> doesn't respond, i cant enter a command to re-recognize it--but are there
> any things i can try that would help prevent this from happening in the first
> place?
>>
>>
> In order to fix a problem, you first need to identify what is causing
> it. Is there any log entry(s) related to the keyboard?
Sorry for the delay, i needed to wait for it to happen again.
No, there are no useful log messages. When the keyboard drops off, there is nothing in the logs to indicate this; when i re-plug it, I get a usual list of messages with nothing indicating that theres a problem.
At the (obvious in retrospect) suggestion of someone elsethread, I did just get a 6" extention cable, thus making it trivial to re-plug it when this happens. I'd rather it just works in the first place, but this will have to do. (The keyboard is a custom build and cannot be replaced.)
Thanks.
Jen
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