Keyboard locked after entering a Gnome session

[NoOp]

On 04/11/2011 05:24 AM, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm using 11.04 beta (updates current) on an old Toshiba Satellite
> laptop. Yesterday I was ham-handedly typing, hit a couple of keys
> simultaneously, and the keyboard locked. No movement of the cursor with
> cursor keys, no typing in window fields, nothing. I rebooted and had no
> problem using the keyboard at the graphical log-in to enter my user
> name and password. But once a window/session manager -- Gnome, Openbox,
> it didn't matter -- opened, anything I typed wasn't making it to the
> screen. 
> 
> I did a perhaps too-hasty Google search (the problem cropped up
> during a ham radio operating contest, so I was a bit distracted) and
> didn't find anything helpful. I presume (hope?) I just inadvertently
> toggled a lock-keyboard key-stroke sequence somehow and now need
> to flip that toggle in the other direction? Simple key-stroke
> combination, or do I need to monkey around with something in X?
...

Peter did yoiu ever get this sorted out? There was a bug (can't recall
the number just now) with Alt-tab locking out the keyboard & perhaps
that was it. If you are still having the issue let me know and I'll go
and try to find the bug report.

Gary