Bug#459297: marked as done (xorg: mouse/keyboard not responding under Xorg)
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Package: xorg
Version: 7.1.0-19
Severity: critical
Justification: makes X11 unusable
I've not managed to define precisely when I get problems but I'm
noticing
the following symptoms and was wondering if some kind soul would help me
debug what's going on in order to get to a solution? Thanks, Michael
set-up: etch, gnome (eg gnome-core 2.14.3.6), metacity 2.14.5-4 and
Dell/Logitech USB optical mouse (seems to work fine in WinXP), with
nVidia graphics card/TwinView and 2 monitors (diff resolutions)
symptoms (occasional and not sure how to repeat)
a) double clicking won't select anything
b) in evolution, clicking on a new message or folder has no effect
c) the cursor (arrowhead) disappears - if I set prefs to show cursor by
depressing 'CNTL' I get the moving rectangles but there's no cursor
there)
d) focus doesn't move to new window (as it should and usually does)
I think the following is also a symptom but not 100% sure:
e) doing ALT-TAB to move between windows does nothing on very first
ALT-TAB
If it's the keyboard that's failed then using I also cannot get Gnome
menus (it selects the top level but nothing is shown) but can use the
mouse to open more new app/windows and then at some pt the keyboard
seems to be 'reset' such that it starts working again.
I've tried KDE and that also has the keyboard not responding (eg if I
try to switch desktops quickly then the keyboard stops responding) -
opening the control centre and changing options in there appears to
'reset' the keyboard.
Any thoughts either on what's going on or how to debug it to narrow
down the issues? I've asked on the Debian mailing list but am still
stuck. I've had this line in my xorg.conf re Mouse device:
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
although it's a USB mouse I'm using, but commenting it out I still
see the same issues
When the kyb "freezes" it is still alive since /dev/input/... shows
characters (not sure how to do similar for mouse clicks)
Adding boot kernel option 'noapic' (as suggested on some fora) doesn't
help
So now I'm stuck as to how to solve this and how to narrow down
potential causes so all tips welcome.
Thanks, Michael
INFO: Debian etch (up to date) on AMD64
mkb@amd64:~$ uname -a
Linux amd64 2.6.18-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Dec 22 20:43:59 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
mkb@amd64:~$ dpkg -l |grep xorg
ii xorg 7.1.0-19 X.Org X Window System
ii xserver-xorg 7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server
ii xserver-xorg-core 1.1.1-21etch1 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server -- input driver metapacka
ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1.1.2-6 X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 0.14.6-1 Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86
ii xserver-xorg-input-wacom 0.7.4.1-5 X.Org X server -- wacom input driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack
ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- APM display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 0.6.0-3 X.Org X server -- ark display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.6.3-2 X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-chips 1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-cyrix 1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-dummy 0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- dummy display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 0.3.1-1 X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-glint 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- i128 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-i810 1.7.2-4 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-mga 1.4.4.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 1.1.1-5 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- NV display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-rendition 4.1.0.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 0.4.1-5 X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3virge 1.9.1-3 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-savage 2.1.2-3 X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 1.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-sis 0.9.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-sisusb 0.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1.3.0-1 X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tga 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-trident 1.2.3-1 X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tseng 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1.3.0-1 X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 4.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-via 0.2.1-6 X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-voodoo 1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver
mkb@amd64:~$ dpkg -l |grep xorg
ii xorg 7.1.0-19 X.Org X Window System
ii xserver-xorg 7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server
ii xserver-xorg-core 1.1.1-21etch1 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server -- input driver metapacka
ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1.1.2-6 X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 0.14.6-1 Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86
ii xserver-xorg-input-wacom 0.7.4.1-5 X.Org X server -- wacom input driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 7.1.0-19 the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack
ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- APM display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 0.6.0-3 X.Org X server -- ark display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.6.3-2 X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-chips 1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-cyrix 1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-dummy 0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- dummy display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 0.3.1-1 X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-glint 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- i128 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-i810 1.7.2-4 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-mga 1.4.4.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 1.1.1-5 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- NV display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-rendition 4.1.0.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 0.4.1-5 X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3virge 1.9.1-3 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-savage 2.1.2-3 X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 1.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-sis 0.9.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-sisusb 0.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1.3.0-1 X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tga 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-trident 1.2.3-1 X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tseng 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1.3.0-1 X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 4.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-via 0.2.1-6 X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-voodoo 1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver
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--- Begin Message ---
- To: michael <cs@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>, 459297-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#459297: xorg: mouse/keyboard not responding under Xorg
- From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:15:20 +0200
- Message-id: <20080712111448.GA19109@patate.is-a-geek.org>
- In-reply-to: <1199834698.3908.27.camel@amd64.local>
- References: <1199536990.3847.4.camel@amd64.local> <20080105131126.GB7675@patate.is-a-geek.org> <1199541701.6314.1.camel@amd64.local> <477F9549.6020500@ens-lyon.org> <1199547190.5410.3.camel@amd64.local> <1199553134.10398.4.camel@amd64.local> <1199566911.4292.9.camel@amd64.local> <1199834698.3908.27.camel@amd64.local>
On Tue, Jan 8, 2008 at 23:24:58 +0000, michael wrote:
> it appears that the problem was due to over-clocking the AMD chip.
> presumably X or USB (or...?) missed some timing events?
>
Thanks for following up. Given the above I'm closing this bug.
Cheers,
Julien
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