[Leaplist] Haunted Hardware Again

[Bruce Metcalf]

Phil Barnett wrote really quickly:

>> * OpenOffice.org2. At all. Won't even open. Tried deleting and
>> reinstalling it via Adept, no change.
> 
> Does it leave a trail in /var/log?
> 
> Try to open it and then do a 
> 
> ls -lart /var/log
> 
> and see which log file floats to the bottom. That/Those will be the 
> ones just written to.

This produces entries in:
* syslog
* messages
* kern.log


> Try to tail them to see if you see anything that can lead you to a
> solution.

Results for [syslog] are a repeated series, the last of which is:

Apr 21 20:40:37 localhost kernel: [5227817.338000] atkbd.c: Unknown key 
pressed
Apr 21 20:40:37 localhost kernel: [5227817.338000] atkbd.c: Use 
'setkeycodes e02
Apr 21 20:40:37 localhost kernel: [5227817.433000] atkbd.c: Unknown key 
released
Apr 21 20:40:37 localhost kernel: [5227817.433000] atkbd.c: Use 
'setkeycodes e02


The results for [messages] and [kern.log] are pretty much the same, with 
the addition to odd numbered lines of:
... (translated set 2, code 0xaa on isa0060/serio0)


Okay, so what do I know now?

Bruce