Bug#548838: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686: cdc_acm causes loss of keyboard access when device is removed

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:46:15PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
> Version: 2.6.26-19
> Severity: normal
> 
> I use the cdc_acm driver to access the Internet via my LG U990 Viewty mobile
> phone.  About 50% of the time when I unplug the Viewty from the USB port (after
> running poff to stop using the device) the keyboard of my Thinkpad T41p
> becomes unusable.  The mouse still works so I can use cut/paste on open Xterms
> to shut the system down.  After a reboot it works as normal.

Hi,
Does this still occur with the Squeeze kernel? If so, we should report it upstream
to the kernel.org developers.

Thanks,
        Moritz