[PLUG] Adding USB card reader hangs machine, sometimes

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Wed Dec 26 20:37:00 UTC 2007


On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:34:58 -0800
"Jon Scully" <jonscully at gmail.com> dijo:

> Ah.  The keyboard-locked conundrum...  I get that problem about once a week,
> lately (it used to be more often).  Stated at about kernel 2.6.22 or
> thereabouts.  Or maybe it was some upgrade to Xorg (haven't been able to
> figure out the cause).
> 
> However, because the mouse doesn't ever die, I'm able to right-click on the
> desktop and "Start new session" -- wherein the keyboard works perfectly (go
> figure) -- and then Ctrl-Alt-Backspace out.
> 
> Hope that helps.  A locked keyboard is frustrating.

I had never heard of the right-click on desktop and "Start New Session"
trick. I just tried it and right-clicking on the desktop did nothing. I
have Gnome 2.20.1 on Gutsy x86_64. 



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