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"Dead" Keyboard on Sparc 5, Jupiter.mit.edu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Herring)
Wed Aug 21 10:24:52 1996
From: Tom Herring <tah@mtglas.mit.edu>
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 96 10:31:03 EDT
Cc: tah@mtglas.mit.edu
I am the system manager for the Earth, Atmospheric and
Planetary Sciences Department (EAPS) cluster in building
54 (Room 311).
We have what looks like a dead keyboard on the Sparc 5
Jupiter.mit.edu. I was alerted by a user that only the
Mouse seemed to be functioning on this machine; and the machine was
"locked" up with a message asking to "kill" or "cancel"
a program that was running. The mouse was moving the cursor,
but no action could be taking on the screen.
Stop-A did not bring the machine to a boot state, so I
cycled the power. The machine re-booted fine, but when
the login prompt window appears, nothing happens when
a user tries to type in their log-in name. Cursor still moves
when the mouse is moved.
Tom Herring
