On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:30:28 -0700
Geoffrey Leach <geoff(a)hughes.net> wrote:
On 10/10/2012 06:35:58 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:05:07 -0700
> Paul Allen Newell <pnewell(a)cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Given the fact that I was able to type once I selected New login
> > on the "locked screen" dialog and, at the splash for which user
> > to log in as, the keyboard works, I figured the keyboard was not
> > the
> problem.
>
> When this happens, can you try holding down the shift key for say
> 15-20seconds? Do you see a notice then about 'slow keys' being
> disabled
> and it starts working again?
This would appear to be an instance of a fairly well documented
problem. Bugzilla # 816764. If holding down the shift key does not
work, try toggling Slow Keys in Settings->Accessibility. I've found
that toggle followed by the shift key usually works. But, alas, YMMV.
Well, thats what I was trying to determine yes... we will have to wait
for the orig reporter to reply to see if this is really the case. ;)
kevin