Bug#374026: xserver-xorg-input-kbd: keyboard stops working randomly
Package: xserver-xorg-input-kbd
Version: 1:1.0.1.3-2
Severity: important
The keyboard stops working after a certain amount of time. (~twice a week)
When this happens I can still use the mouse, but no matter where I move the focus nothing of what I type shows.
Neither ctrl-alt-F1, ctrl-alt-backspace,... nothing works.
In kde I used switch user->start new session to start a new x server. There everything works fine.
If I switch back to the old X server the keyboard doesn't work anymore (I have to use the mouse to switch back).
I never had this problem before with xorg < 7.0
This problem started to appear after the upgrade to xorg 7. I have found no way to reproduce it in a predictable way
(except waiting for it to happen).
I am locking/unlocking my workstation frequently (kde->lock session), but I've never had problems with the keyboard before.
Also the keyboard lockup doesn't occur right after unlocking the workstation.(it might happen a few hours later).
What can I do to debug this situation the next time it happens?
Is there any command I can run (on the other X, or "with the mouse") to somehow reset the keyboard in X?
I also found this in :0's logs, they don't appear in :1's logs:
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280x1024"
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
SetClientVersion: 0 9
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
Keyboard type (from Xorg.0.log):
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(**) Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
I know enabled AllowDeactivateGrabs to see if that can save the X session next time.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-rc6-geb35cf60-dirty
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-kbd depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
xserver-xorg-input-kbd recommends no packages.
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