Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote:
>
> >> OTOH, are you sure there is no information/warning about the lock
> >> in "/ var/log/Xorg.0.log"?
> >
> > I'm not sure . Nothing jumped out at me, but I'm clueless. There is
> > this:
> >
> > (II) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so failed
> > (/usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No
> > such file or directory)
> >
> > Google search indicates that this isn't an issue (as does the II).
> > Attached is the entire Xorg.0.log.old.
>
> Thanks... yup, I see something suspicious (or maybe not) at the end
> of the file:
>
> ***
> (II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
> (II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
> (II) UVC Camera (046d:09a1): Device reopened after 1 attempts.
> (II) Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM): Device
> reopened after 1 attempts. (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device
> reopened after 1 attempts. (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation:
> Device reopened after 1 attempts.
>
> (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> (II) Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM): Close
>
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> (II) UVC Camera (046d:09a1): Close
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> (II) Power Button: Close
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> (II) Power Button: Close
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> ***
>
> "evdev" module is unloaded for no apparent reason but not sure if
> this a normal/common log.
To check this, I just restarted the machine and compared the
Xorg.0.log.old file created with the one following a lockup
(and subsequent restart). The unloading of evdev appears normal,
however, what is not in the "normal" restart log are the lines
> (II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
...
> Device reopened after 1 attempts.
Any idea what that might indicate?
> >> Have you tried with another PS/2 keyboard? :-?
> >
> > Am currently using another PS/2 keyboard; it hasn't locked up yet,
> > but I've only used it for an hour and the frequency is about once a
> > day (but 3 times yesterday).
As reported in a separate response, the replacement keyboard, also PS/2,
locked up.
--
Joe Riel
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