Keyboard Locked by Kids

Mac Pro 4,1
After my daughter was messing around with the computer USB keyboard the keyboard stopped working, or rather the computer stopped recognizing the keyboard. Mouse works daisy chained through USB keyboard, keyboard works plugged into my Macbook Pro. My internet searches only come up with pseudo-ads for child-locking apps. I can't do my usual start-up tricks because I have no keyboard function (Pram etc)

because I have no keyboard function (Pram etc)
Anything they could have loaded cannot be active at Startup, when there is nothing in the machine except its ROM.
To activate "snag keys" at Startup, a wired keyboard must be plugged into a USB on the chassis, not on any display or other Hub, or it will be recognized too late to be seen.
In particular, holding Shift at Startup should continue to be seen as a request for Safe Mode, which checks the disk like Disk Utility (Repair Disk) then boots Mac OS X with only a few of the most essential Apple extensions, and no third-party extensions. You must enter your username and password to proceed, even if you normally auto-login. In Safe Mode the Finder is fully active, and you can use it to look for and remove unwanted add-ons.
Mac OS X is inherently a Multi-User system, and each member of your household should have their own userid and password. Even non-Readers can do this if you provide their picture or a favorite object as their login picture. Non-Readers passwords can be very simple, such as one letter, or can be blank if you insist.

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package test;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
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JButton btnBack = new JButton("Back");
JButton btnNext = new JButton("Next");
JButton btnAbout = new JButton("About");
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 "<html> This program will help to find keyboard lock problems, two way to reproduce: " +
 "1 - press Alt+N to navigate next, and don't release keys untill there are no more next page, " +
 "then try Alt+B to navigate back and also don't release keys untill page 0, " +
 "repeat Alt+N and Alt+B again and again, keyboard will be locked during navigating. " +
 "2 - press Alt+A in main window, it will popup an about dialog, " +
 "then press down space key and don't release, " +
 "the about dialog will be closed and opened again and again, " +
 "keyboard will be locked sooner or later." +
 "</html>";
public KeyLock() {
 this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 this.setTitle("Keyboard lock test");
 getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 btnBack.setMnemonic('B');
 btnBack.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 KeyLock.this.goBack(e);
 btnNext.setMnemonic('N');
 btnNext.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 KeyLock.this.goNext(e);
 btnAbout.setMnemonic('A');
 btnAbout.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(KeyLock.this, aboutMsg, "About", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
 contentPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 contentPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 250));
 contentPanel.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(400, 250));
 wizardToolPan.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 wizardToolPan.add(btnBack);
 wizardToolPan.add(btnNext);
 wizardToolPan.add(btnAbout);
 this.getContentPane().add(contentPanel, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
 this.getContentPane().add(wizardToolPan, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 this.setSize(400, 300);
 this.createContentPanels();
 this.showCurrent();
private Vector<JPanel> slides = new Vector<JPanel>();
private int current = 0;
private void createContentPanels() {
 for (int j = 0; j < 20; ++j) {
 JPanel p = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
 p.add(new JLabel("Page: " + j));
 p.add(new JTextField("Page: " + j + ", input something here", 20));
 p.add(new JTextField("Page: " + j + ", input something here", 20));
 p.add(new JTextField("Page: " + j + ", input something here", 20));
 p.add(new JLabel("Input something in password box:"));
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 p.add(new JRadioButton("Try click here, focus will be here."));
 slides.add(p);
public void showCurrent() {
 if (current < 0 || current >= slides.size())
 return;
 JPanel p = slides.get(current);
 this.contentPanel.add(p, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
 this.pack();
 Component[] comps = p.getComponents();
 if (comps.length > 0) {
 comps[0].requestFocus(); // try delete this line
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 return;
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 return;
 this.contentPanel.remove(slides.get(current));
 current--;
 sleep(100);
 this.showCurrent();
public static void sleep(int millis) {
 try {
 Thread.sleep(millis);
 } catch (Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
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private JTextField jTextField1 = new JTextField();
private JPasswordField jPasswordField1 = new JPasswordField();
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 "<html> This program is used to find keyboard focus lost problem. " +
 "Click 'popup' button in main window, or select any node in the tree and press F6, " +
 "a dialog popup, and click ok button in the dialog, " +
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 this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 this.setTitle("Keyboard focus test");
 getContentPane().setLayout(null);
 btnPopup.setBounds(new Rectangle(33, 482, 200, 35));
 btnPopup.setMnemonic('P');
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 btnPopup.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
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 btnAbout.setMnemonic('A');
 btnAbout.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(KeyFocusLost.this, aboutMsg, "About", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
 jTextField1.setText("Try input here, and try input in password box below");
 jTextField1.setBounds(new Rectangle(14, 44, 319, 29));
 jPasswordField1.setBounds(new Rectangle(14, 96, 319, 29));
 jPanel1.setBounds(new Rectangle(14, 158, 287, 291));
 jPanel1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
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 jScrollPane3.getViewport().add(jTree1);
 Object actionKey = "popup";
 jTree1.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_F6, 0), actionKey);
 jTree1.getActionMap().put(actionKey, new AbstractAction() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
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 this.getContentPane().add(jTextField1);
 this.getContentPane().add(jPasswordField1);
 this.getContentPane().add(jPanel1);
 this.getContentPane().add(btnPopup);
 this.getContentPane().add(btnAbout);
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 keytest.setSize(400, 600);
 keytest.setVisible(true);
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 private JButton btnOk = new JButton();
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 super(owner, "popup dialog", true);
 setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
 this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
 btnOk.setBounds(new Rectangle(100, 100, 200, 25));
 btnOk.setMnemonic('O');
 btnOk.setText("OK, then focus lost");
 btnOk.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 PopupDialog.this.getOwner().toFront();
 try {
 Thread.sleep(100); // try delete this line !!!
 } catch (Exception ex) {
 ex.printStackTrace();
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And I also tried java demo program "SwingSet2" in red flag 5, met keyboard-lock too.
I guess it should be some kind of incompatibleness of J2SE with some Linux platform. Isn't it?
Please help, thanks.

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I have same problems on Ubuntu with Java 6 (all versions). I would like to use NetBeans or IntelliJ IDEA but it is not possible due to keyboard locks.
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