[Bug 577183] Re: keyboard and/or mouse freezing

[Andrew Linux]

I switched to Xubuntu 10.04 and am no longer having this problem.

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:22 AM, candtalan
<aeclist at candt.waitrose.com>wrote:

> I get mouse and keyboard freezes too. I am using a ps2 keyboard and
> ps2mouse, however, when a freeze happens, I can leave the mouse and
> keyboard connected but unresponsive, and I can also plug in a usb mouse
> and usb keyboard and they will work normally.
>
> I have tried
> apport-collect -p linux 577183
> however information is refused - is the bug closed maybe?
>
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> keyboard and/or mouse freezing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577183
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> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 10.04
> This bug does not occur all of the time and it makes it usually appears at
> the GNOME login screen.
> Sometimes at the login screen, when I click on my username, the keyboard
> will freeze and I will not be able to input anything through the keyboard,
> or the first or second letter that I type will endlessly repeat itself as
> though I have my finger on the keyboard.  In other instances, when I click
> on my username and start entering my password, the mouse will freeze.
>
> Other times, the keyboard or mouse will freeze after I have logged in.
>  Sometimes the system will have operated fine for over an hour and then
> suddenly the mouse no longer responds or the keyboard freezes or starts
> repeating a keystroke.  If I have already logged in, sometimes BOTH the
> mouse and keyboard will freeze so that I can't do anything other than hit
> the reset button.
>
> My mouse is plugged into a USB port, but using an adapter to plug it into
> the PS/2 plug does not rectify the problem.
>
> The problem appears to repeat consistently if my Epson CX8400 printer is
> turned on at start-up.  It is plugged into a USB port.  I have noticed that
> if I turn the printer on after logging in, Ubuntu will not detect the
> printer, but leaving it on while starting up simply leads to freezing.
>
> I am using an Asus P4S800 motherboard.
>
> Mouse and keyboard freezing at login occurred consistently (almost every
> login attempt) prior to changing from the default display manager to the
> NVIDIA display manager.
>
> Keyboard freezing does not occur in GRUB.
> If I start Ubuntu 10.04 in recovery mode and use "gdm" to get to the login
> screen, freezing does not appear.
>
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