On Friday 08 Jul 2011 05:43:58 Dale wrote: > walt wrote: > > On 07/05/2011 10:38 PM, Dale wrote: > >> My current plan, finish this new install. Test the ram and hope it is > >> OK. > > > > I can feel your pain :( This may not help, but I thought I'd mention it > > just because nothing else has helped so far. > > > > I started having random keyboard issues right after the most recent xorg > > update on my ~x86 and ~amd64 machines. > > > > Maybe just once/day or so I'll hit a key and the auto-repeat function > > starts repeating the keystroke ad infinitum until I hit Backspace. > > > > This is not a lockup like your problem, but it was striking that this > > random keyboard problem started right after the recent xorg update. > > (Yes, I recompiled all the drivers after the upgrade.) > > > > Since you are recompiling/reinstalling everything anyway, what about > > masking the most recent xorg-server/xorg-driver updates so you can test > > older versions? You quad-core speed demon ;p > > I'm going to add this to the "to try" list. That sort of makes sense. > Most of the time it is a hard lock up. It won't even let me ssh in from > my old rig or use the SysReq keys. Sometimes tho, it acts like things > are still running but the GUI is locked up. I didn't get to try to ssh > in then tho. I know once I had a compile running and I could see the > hard drive light blinking as it compiled. So something was working that > time at least. One thing I did learn, if the lights on the keyboard > are blinking, it's locked up tight. If they are not blinking, I can use > the SysReq keys to reboot. > > I also thought about just booting Knoppix and seeing if it works. Maybe > it is just some weird code that Konsole and Firefox have in common > somehow. The only thing is, I'm sure they will use different version of > all the software. It may not make any difference except to rule out > hardware. I'm pretty sure hardware is OK but we know how hard those are > to track down. > > One more thing on the try list if this doesn't work. > > Thanks. > > Dale
I'm stating the obvious here, but have you tried restoring from a back up that you made before these problems started? -- Regards, Mick
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