On 24 September 2013 19:33, Tod Thomas <fr33zone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've read that fc17 is end of life but maybe someone has run into this. I'm > running fc17, latest upgrades, using XFCE, and periodically the keyboard > just stops working, mouse is fine. I end up having to mouse over ALL of my > open windows saving and closing. Once I logoff and logon everything works > normally. I've checked the Xorg log, messages, dmesg, everything I can > think of but its sill happening. I even tried turning off the screen saver > but that didn't help either. It happens inconsistently which makes it even > more annoying :) > > Not sure there's a single answer given the possible moving parts involved. > If nobody can think of anything off the top of their head could someone > suggest a good way to try and debug? I'll be upgrading here eventually but > right now the timing is not optimal. > Can you change to a virtual console (Ctl-Alt-Fn where n!=1) when this happens? (And if not can you do it normally?) N.B. Alt-F1 should get you back to the desktop. Might help in working out whether this is a problem with X or with XFCE. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org