Ubuntu 10.04 USB Mouse Problems reported by a number of, users.

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sat Jul 3 18:23:57 UTC 2010


On 07/02/2010 11:05 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 07/02/2010 04:54 PM, Jay Ridgley wrote:
>> > Suggestion was to try ctrl-alt-sysreq - NOTHING happened. The
>> > keyboard is totally locked up...
>> > 
>> > Unplugging the USB devices and replugging them did not work either.
>> > 
>> > I have been running on a wireless sub-net and can't reach or be
>> > reached from the other systems in my network. I will try a
>> > hardwire connection early next week and try to see if I can get
>> > any additional information that way.
>> 
>> What is dmesg showing when all of this happens? Their _must_ be
>> something in the /var/logs/ that is of use.
> 
> Well, if the system is frozen, there is no way to look at dmesg. And if 
> the system is completely locked, there is no way for it to write 
> anything to the system logs. To me it looks like it is completely locked 
> because it isn't reachable over the wireless network.
> 
> 
> Nils
> 

But there may be something in the logs just prior to the freeze; I still
think it worth a look.





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