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

[Nils Kassube]

NoOp wrote:
> On 07/03/2010 12:17 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > NoOp wrote:
> >> On 07/02/2010 11:05 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> >> > NoOp wrote:
> >> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> But there may be something in the logs just prior to the freeze; I
> >> still think it worth a look.
> > 
> > Agreed, it is sure worth to have a look. I'm just not so sure if
> > there really "_must_ be something in the /var/logs/ that is of
> > use". You might see something if it is e.g. a problem of a dying
> > harddisk where read failures and disk controller resets are
> > logged. OTOH, if it is e.g. a temperature problem which locks the
> > CPU, it is unlikely to see something in the logs.
> > 
> > 
> > Nils
> 
> And that would be different (temp problem) than losing wireless; that
> response still confuses me as I do not see how wireless would lock
> the whole system.

Hmm, maybe it wasn't written clearly enough. The wireless interface 
doesn't lock the system. However if the system isn't locked, the 
wireless schould still work and the machine should be reachable via the 
wireless network. After rereading Jay's mail, I think I misunderstood 
that part about the wireless. Originally I thought the machine wasn't 
reachable after the machine was locked, but now I see that it even 
wasn't reachable before the machine was locked. Sorry about the 
confusion ...


Nils