laptop keyboard dies

From: Jan (tibesti_at_5730.net)
Date: 09/03/03 

Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:16:32 +0200

Hi,

I'm a complete newby and I recently installed Redhat 9 on my Gericom
Overdose 2 laptop. I am using a USB mouse rather than the touchpad.
Whenever I accidentally touch the touchpad however, the keyboard
dies, i.e. I can no longer type anything.

Does anyone have any idea what this may be due to and how to fix it?

THanks,
Jan

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