keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

[Bob Marcan]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:46:06 -0700
Paul Allen Newell <pnewell at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> On 10/15/2012 3:43 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > You could also try an F16 or F18 Live CD and see if the problem is
> > F17-specific...
> 
> Problem has not occurred on FC5, F9, F12, F14, or F16. It is only showing up now that I kicked one machine to F17. I will consider trying F18 Live once its released and I have eliminated the variables of "keyboard hardware" problem or "computer problem"
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul

It was occured to me on F16 several times.
Killing X restores the keyboard.
Reading this thread tried with holding shift key 20+ seconds restores
too.
It shouldn't be tied to WM, running Fvwm.

BR, Bob