[mythtv-users] Keyboard stops working in frontend

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/21/2006 03:12 AM, Francesco Peeters wrote:
> I have seen something comparable in live tv, where only the first 
> keypress is recognised (most notably in the guide, BTW) and only ESC 
> will do anything after that. After ESC again a single keypress is 
> recognised.
>
> When it is in that state you can navigate all menus, but entering data 
> in config screens won work either... If you alt-tab to a different app, 
> or ctrl-shift-Fx to a console screen all key work fine... Killing the FE 
> and then selecting restart seems to fix it 100% of the time, but after 
> an X amount of time, the behavior seems to return...
>
> I haven't investigated it yet, so I cannot give details, because I was 
> busy solving more urgent issues (no mixer with the AC97 audio, screen 
> black on IR reception, etc.). As these all have been resolved now, I 
> intend on taking a better look at the keyboard issue...
>   
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/82722#82722 (whole 
thread)

Mike