Re: how do i tell usb to leave keyboard alone?

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 14:38:53 (-0400), songbird wrote:
>   i have an USB keyboard, which once in a while goes
> useless.  it is a fairly new device and should not be
> defective, but i'm not sure how to tell if this is a
> problem from the device or from the kernel or ?

Try googling   usb keyboard autosuspend.   You should get hits for
checking/setting /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/autosuspend (ephemeral)
and the archlinux wiki explaining udev rules (persistent).

Cheers,
David.