[SOLVED] Keyboard randomly freezes during use

[tendonut]

First post on the forum. Hello all!

I have been fighting with this for a while now. After doing a fresh install of Fedora 9 64-bit, randomly during use, my keyboard will completely stop responding. If a key was pressed during the moment it froze, it acts as if I am holding the key down, and if nothing was pressed, it appears to have just stopped responding entirely. It's a USB keyboard that I know works fine because my secondary XP install isn't having any problems. Sometimes I can go days without it acting up, sometimes only a few minutes after reboot (which appears to be the only solution). Nothing else acts up at all, just the keyboard. I've googled this for a while and no one seems to be having the exact problem I am having. I've tried switching the keyboard profile I use, and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Any ideas?

[Ziplock]

Hi there,

Are there any messages in /var/log/messages?

Have you updated to the latest kernel? Not sure if this will help, but probably worth a try.

May also be worth trying a different USB port on the machine, could be the port locking up. Have you got another keyboard to try in the same port just to test this option out?

[devils casper]

Try to toggle Legacy USB Support in BIOS.

[tendonut]

Legacy USB Support is enabled and /var/log/messages reports nothing. I was going through a few other log files that may report something helpful and I don't seem to be able to find anything.

[Rubberman]

So, have you tried WITHOUT legacy USB support enabled? Personally, I prefer PS/2 keyboards - I've generally found them to be more reliable since they have a dedicated port.

[devils casper]

I suggested you to toggle Legacy USB Settings. Have you tried to disable it?

[tendonut]

Just wrapping up this thread. The problem turned out to be a flaky USB extension cable. Once I replaced it, the problem went away.