[CUBE] OS X bug?

Steve Goldstein sng at cox.net
Mon Apr 19 10:23:45 PDT 2004


No probs.  10.3.3.  Sticky Brain.  No hot key that I am aware of 
(though wome of my apps have a hot key, e.g., Snapzpro).  --Steve

At 12:57 PM -0400 4/19/04, Eagle wrote:
>Greetings, all.
>
>I have discovered what may be a bug in OS X, or perhaps a bug in 
>HotKey, which I run as a result of my use of StickyBrain. However, I 
>have tried this without HotKey running, and the problem persists, so 
>I think it is a bug in OS X. I have searched Apple's KB and have not 
>found anything related to this problem.
>
>The symptom is that the keyboard quits responding to all key 
>sequences except the 3-finger "Force Quit" salute. (Well, the 
>"reboot" 3-finger salute works too, of course.)
>
>I have finally figured out how to reproduce the problem: use 
>command-tab to start changing apps, then shift-command-tab to go 
>back to the original application. Bam - keyboard lockout.
>
>Would some of you mind trying this sequence to let me know if it 
>locks you out? And then try the Force Quit sequence 
>(command-option-escape) to see if that restores your keyboard?
>
>Please specify whether you run StickyBrain or other hot-key 
>software, and your OS X version.
>
>Thanks for helping me track this one down.  I will be submitting a 
>bug to Apple once I define the problem's parameters.
>
>Eagle



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