Bug#241025: pointer freezes while using dselect in a shell
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.20
System Information: Kernel 2.6.4, KDE 3.2.1, xserver package ver 4.3.0-7,
dselect and dpkg 1.10.20
While having dselect downloading and installing new packages and myself
working around in different programs on kde the pointer suddenly freezes.
Logging out of kde using ctrl/alt/backspace seems to shut down all desktop
programs but doesnt log out and continues to show only the wallpaper without
restoring the kde login screen. changing to a console via ctrl/alt/F1 (or
others) has no effect - the system seems to be frozen on the wallpaper. Since
I cant get access to console only reset button restarts to machine.
Reinserting the mouse into an usb slot has no effect, the pointer stays dead.
When hanging up for some reason the pointer laser stays on. When replugging
the mouse intos to slot it stays off - the pointer doesnt get accepted by the
system so the bug might be triggert by some usb-agent.
Unplugging and reinserting the pointer works fine normally. Only after it hung
up in the above way the usb port seems to be dead.
The Bug was also reported considering hotplug as #239017 which from todays
point of view wasn't the reason for it.
The freezing only appears when dselect/dpkg was running in a shell so I used
dpkg package for the header.
Please contact me if you need further information or log entries.
I collected some error messages that were shown at the time the pointer "hung
up"
loaded modules considering the pointer
/etc/modules
ehci_hcd
uhci_hcd
hid
deamon.log
Mar 30 12:52:45 christian kdm_greet[1579]: Can't open default user face
Mar 30 12:54:58 christian kdm[1536]: X server for display :0 terminated
unexpectedly
Mar 30 12:55:04 christian kdm_greet[1938]: Can't open default user face
messages.log
Mar 30 12:50:01 christian kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0in
syslog
Mar 30 12:50:00 christian syslogd 1.4.1#13: restart.
Mar 30 12:50:01 christian kernel: usb 1-2: control timeout on ep0in
various logs tell me also while booting that
kernel drivers evdev /joydev are already loaded
sometimes it also says that
kernel driver hid is already loaded.
Does the /etc/modules interfer with the usb kernel drivers or usb-agent?
greets chris
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