>  I have just committed a fix that should reset the keyboard to a known
>state when the X server closes the framebuffer.  It appears to be working
>for me.
>
>  Here's the patch, which should work OK for 1.4 and 1.4.1 (and possibly
>earlier versions).
>
>Index: fb_usrreq.c

I would also like to solve the problem, however since I'm a
newbie I need to learn how to apply the patch. Once I find that
routine and recompile, what do I do? Thanks in advance.

Dan