[Linux-disciples] Keyboard and mouse cut out

[Stephen R Laniel]

I'm getting an error now that's similar to the one that I
posted below to L-D 11 months ago. This time, my keyboard
and mouse will stop communicating for a couple seconds at a
time, every few seconds: the mouse will stop moving and the
keyboard will stop receiving input. This only started today,
and I'm not clear why it's happening. I upgraded the kernel
to 2.6.8 yesterday, but I left the 2.6.7 kernel around just
in case. It doesn't matter which kernel I boot into; the
error still happens.

This isn't an X-specific problem, I don't think: I get it
even in my virtual consoles.

The keyboard and mouse where these errors show up are
my Logitech wireless ones. I unplugged the keyboard and
plugged in a standard wired keyboard; everything's working
great.

The wireless keyboard and mouse plug into the standard mouse
and keyboard inputs on the back of my machine; there's no
USB craziness happening.

Any idea what might be causing this, and how I might fix it?

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:47:33PM -0400, Adam Kessel wrote:
> Are they USB or PS/2 devices?
> 
> Have you tried a more recent kernel? It would be worth trying with 2.4.22
> and/or 2.6.0test5.
> 
> Also, do you see any messages in 'dmesg' or /var/log/XFree86.0.log (or
> syslog for that matter) around the time that the event occurs?
> 
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:40:54PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> > Every now and again, my mouse will inexplicably stop working under Gnome.
> > I can still use the keyboard, so I cut over to one of my virtual
> > terminals and restart the gdm service. Sometimes that works, sometimes
> > not. Sometimes, like today, when gdm restarts the *keyboard* doesn't work
> > either. I have to reboot. The keyboard clearly works upon rebooting,
> > because I can scroll through the grub boot menu. The keyboard *doesn't*
> > work, however, once I get to the gdm login prompt. The mouse still
> > doesn't work, either. I reboot again. Same deal. I reboot again, and
> > finally everything - mouse and keyboard - works. The problem disappears
> > for another few weeks.
> > 
> > That's where I am right now. Can anyone explain to me
> > 
> > a) why three reboots would do the trick, but not one
> > b) why the keyboard and/or mouse fail spontaneously in the middle of gdm,
> > and
> > c) whether there was a better way for me to fix the problem than
> > rebooting?
> > 
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Steve
> > 
> > -- 
> > ``And my ex-boyfriend can't tell me i've sold out.
> >   Because he's in a cult.
> >   And he's not allowed to talk to me."
> >  -Dar Williams, "The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis
> >   of a Co-ed"
> > 
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