On Sat, 2012-03-24 at 11:43 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > On 03/24/2012 11:12 AM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > > On 03/24/2012 05:58 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > >> Here's a strange pathology that just bit me for the first time in a > >> while, > >> though I've seen it before. I'm not sure where to file a bug on this > >> one... > >> > >> In short: I'll be working away, minding my own business, when the > >> desktop > >> goes completely dead - no response to any key or mouse events. That > >> said, > >> the X server is still running; the pointer still moves with the > >> mouse. I > >> can also switch to another virtual console with alt-ctrl-Fn. Sometimes > >> things start working again after some time (measured in minutes); > >> sometimes I lose patience and start over. Today I went and made > >> lunch and > >> it never came back. > > > > Hmm > > > > I think there was a lock screen bug mentioned upstream that fits this > > description... > > > > JBG > Same thing happened to me with RC1 Gnome on 64 bit. Yum update was running > in one window and I was surfing in another, each window taking up about > half the > 1080x1920 monitor. All of a sudden Firefox stopped responding and Yum > ground to a halt. > The mouse cursor still followed mouse movements, but the keyboard and > mouse keys > were dead. No Ctrl-Alt-Fn did anything. No LED response to CapsLock > etc.. Some > background process accessed the HD from time to time. I had to use the > hardware reset. > > Yum was hopelessly confused so I reinstalled RC1 and ran yum update from > a console > terminal. Hooray for Xfce which works better now. Everyone I know of > who uses Linux > as a tool rather dislikes Gnome 3, so let's make sure Xfce works properly. Josh - to me, the above sound vaguely like that interrupt problem I have, the one we were talking about the other day, where I have to hold down keys for half a second before they register. Could it be the same? Jonathan, Chuck - if you try holding down a key that ought to do something for half a second instead of just pressing it, does it work? -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
