On 09/25/2013 12:40:47 PM, Tod Thomas wrote: > On 09/25/2013 08:06 AM, Ian Malone wrote: > > On 25 September 2013 13:01, Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 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. > >> > > Also, may want to check you've not accidentally turned on some > > accessibility option like sticky keys. (This used to catch me out in > > KDE because a long shift keypress enabled it, until I got fed up > > enough to turn that off.) > > > > > > > Good idea, I have not tried the virtual console check, I will the next > > time it happens. Any idea how to turn off sticky keys in XFCW? I > found > a suggestion using xkbset. If that doesn't work, try holding down the shift key for 20 sec. -- 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
