Responding to a locked keyboard

Sometimes the system is unable to blank out the screen. If you find that you cannot enter commands through a console that otherwise appears normal, try to restore the screen by performing a CANCEL action.

Note: Inhibited input, with or without keyboard locking, can also occur when the system abends or goes into a wait state, or when a problem occurs in the message handling portion of the control program. See the procedures described for an inactive console under System errors.