system failure

[Ric Moore]

On 04/08/2013 04:47 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 8 April 2013 21:43, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Could you go into text mode? ctrl/alt/F1 ? Login and do the job from there
>> cleanly?? Methinks that mode ought to work even if X is all botched up. You
>> might have to use the optional "pen and paper interface" to record the
>> instructions for you to type on a command line. It could be worse. Ric
>
> A good thought, but I have seen this problem of keyboard and mouse
> disappearing myself and they really do /completely/ stop working -
> including at the console.

Call me a knuckle-dragger, but all my kit is wired. When something goes 
south, I just replace it for cheap. I've gone to GoodWill Industries and 
found used good working keyboards for $3 a piece. So, I keep a short 
stack of them in the closet as cigar ash tends to kill them off 
routinely. :) Ric



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