I had a similar experience with Lenny. It turned out that the USB hubs mouse and keyboard are connected to were shut down somehow. I didn't even have the caps or num lock leds working. For some power saving reasons I assume. I could still login from a remote host and restart the usb drivers by:
# rmmod uhci_hcd # rmmod ehci_hcd # modprobe ehci_hcd # modprobe uhci_hcd Greetings, Gero. > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank [mailto:debianl...@videotron.ca] > Sent: Saturday, 28 August 2010 2:12 AM > To: debian > Subject: Locked up Gnome > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > Went into Gnome on my Squeeze machine this morning for the first > time in a while (I normally use IceWm or Fluxbox). Had to go out so I > switched off the monitor with the Gnome desktop up. A couple of hours > later I came back to a locked-up machine...so locked up that > Alt-sysreq was ignored. Had to hit the reset button to get the system > up. Anybody else experience this lately? > One of the updates that came in this morning was upower and associated > libraries. Maybe a connection? > > - -- > - -- Frank -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMd//qAAoJEMEDyLTvrVhj2NsIAIvePbVGRET0E5k3/mFaByji > 8/LJqLPThkyJRp1KJelymMnzYUSN60qF5GP8znJVYFQbcS7WUxPQGJyRIvB8x/cP > POMvaEUXejVcAlSU9LV0xRdey+X5XqIRq8/ZPFa3zYtoeLYRC4/GNsu8T+ZQbCft > zcW+bA4hX4sVNhyWXul3nDRqs+QDsulum/gXM1Z93ulq234PDaqxa3gjw9oaG2M3 > 5YRP+ZWJtNyFjnGi2MUgwxkzmG6wGcRQ76R0N4stCDsl476oOaly1Ycruoa7Gv/3 > gwzeWu9GYptxS96BQ7YpFQX+lmI8oU/ZI1+F/aQ+SxvZXMO8mrMlTuVYbAQVfao= > =m/6R > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20100827141154.7547eae4.debianl...@videotron.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/00b901cb4d79$17caa850$475ff8...@com.au
