Re: Keyboard gets stuck when closing PPP (was: Problems when logging out Gnome)
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:07:14PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Lenny installed on my old Pentium III often gets stuck when logging out
> > Gnome, either via the panel menu or with `Ctrl-Alt-Backspace'.
> >
> > Does anyone have any direct experience of the same problem or can suggest
> > what the cause may ever be and how to work it out?
>
>
> The problem is reported here:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508589
>
> Does anyone know if it has been fixed, and how? I don't have the possibility
> of installing Sid.
Don't know if it's been fixed. Most likely not in lenny and the
standard kernels. I encounter this problem much too often and each time
it requires a hard reboot. Strangely, the mouse still works so I can
log out of kde, but then the shutdown process hangs until I hit
CTRL-ALT-DEL. Then it continues, but the laptop doesn't shut down all
the way. I have to hold the power button for 10 seconds and then it
does shut down. This is a very low level issue.
I don't use kppp. This happens with regular pon/poff. I suspect
it's related to the cdc_acm driver which is the one being used by my
phone (motorola e815) through a usb cable. It's not 100% repeatable.
I suspect something in the close routine is overwriting part of the
keyboard driver, but only some times. BTW, this is on a Dell 8600,
with the nvidia-legacy driver.
> Thanks for any help
> Rodolfo
A.
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