Dies the odd things happen when you use FVWM or just on TDE? Nik Am Dienstag, 21. Mai 2013 schrieb dep: > said Dan Youngquist: > | At this point it seems to me more like a hardware compatibility > | issue between the USB keyboard adapter and the docking station. > | Sometimes perfectly good devices just don't play nicely together > | with certain other devices in certain situations. (This assumes > | the other USB keyboard adapter you tried is identical, or at least > | uses the same chipset.) If you can try a real USB keyboard, or a > | USB adapter with a different chipset, I suspect the problem may > | disappear. Also, try a live CD of a different Linux -- different > | kernel, display manager, DE, etc. -- and see what happens. > > i would agree but for the fact that the aberrant behavior is not > displayed until x starts. both keyboards work uneventfully in a linux > text-based boot. not a hiccup. this suggests, if it does not prove, a > configuration issue. > > thanks. i'll live with it!