Re: [SOLUTION] Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-19 Thread Joe Riel
A followup in case anyone has followed/found this thread with the same issue. A relevant fact is that I have an ASUS P7P55D Motherboard. An internet search revealed people with that (or similar numbered MB's) with the same issue; that is, the PS/2 keyboard would sporadically lock up, with Linux k

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-17 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:04:54 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:35:50 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > >> A followup. Yesterday I installed the nvidia driver, replacing the >> (default) nouveau driver. So far the keyboard has not locked up, >> however, given its random nature, there hasn't

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-17 Thread Joe Riel
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:35:50 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > A followup. Yesterday I installed the nvidia driver, > replacing the (default) nouveau driver. So far the > keyboard has not locked up, however, given its > random nature, there hasn't been enough time to > conclude that the problem is solve

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-16 Thread Joe Riel
A followup. Yesterday I installed the nvidia driver, replacing the (default) nouveau driver. So far the keyboard has not locked up, however, given its random nature, there hasn't been enough time to conclude that the problem is solved. If it runs for a few days with no lockups (I've never gone

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-15 Thread Joe Riel
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:16:16 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:55:54 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:47:59 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:38:43 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > >> > >> > You can: > >> > > >> > 1/ Start the system with

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-15 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:55:54 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:47:59 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > >> On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:38:43 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: >> >> > You can: >> > >> > 1/ Start the system with no xorg (console) and leave it so for >> > sometine to check if the problem

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-15 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:47:59 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:38:43 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > > > You can: > > > > 1/ Start the system with no xorg (console) and leave it so for > > sometine to check if the problem is still present (even with no x > > server). > > I'll att

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-14 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:38:43 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > You can: > > 1/ Start the system with no xorg (console) and leave it so for > sometine to check if the problem is still present (even with no x > server). I'll attempt to try this. Might be painful working in a virtual terminal all th

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-14 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:56:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:23:09 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: (...) >> >>> "evdev" module is unloaded for no apparent reason but not sure if >> >>> this a normal/common log. >> >> To check this, I just restarted the machine and compared the >>

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:23:09 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:41:30 -0800 > > Joe Riel wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) > >> Camaleón wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > >>> > On Thu, 13 J

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Joe Riel wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:41:30 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: OTOH, are you sure there is no information/warning abou

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:00:01 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) > > Camaleón wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > OTOH, are you sure

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:41:30 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > > >> OTOH, are you sure there is no information/wa

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Joe Riel wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: OTOH, are you sure there is no information/warning about the lock in "/ var/log/Xorg.0.log"? I'm not sure .

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > >> OTOH, are you sure there is no information/warning about the lock > >> in "/ var/log/Xorg.0.log"? > > > > I'm not

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:27:40 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > > Are you sure the keyboard is good? > > No, but it would be quite the coincidence that the > keyboard works fine for a year and fails within > five minutes of installing a new O/S. However, > to remove that possibility, I just now replaced >

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: >> OTOH, are you sure there is no information/warning about the lock in "/ >> var/log/Xorg.0.log"? > > I'm not sure . Nothing jumped out at me, but I'm clueless. There is > this: > >

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > I'm wondering why X is using the wrong keyboard model. Maybe I > > entered the wrong model during the installation. What sets the > > default value (there is no xorg.conf file)? > > Keyboard setup is done in "/etc/default/keyboard" f

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:01:16 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > First post to Debian-Users; I hope this isn't inappropriate. We only allow one serious (non-OT) post per user and day. ... (just kidding :-) ) (...) > $ setxkbmap -model pc104 > > That didn't improve anything (I still get lockups) nor did

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
> Are you sure the keyboard is good? No, but it would be quite the coincidence that the keyboard works fine for a year and fails within five minutes of installing a new O/S. However, to remove that possibility, I just now replaced it with another PS/2 keyboard. I'll respond when this locks up (t

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
A few details I omitted. Once the freeze occurs, the only way I've found to release it is to restart the machine. Restarting gdm3 (via a remote computer) does not help, it brings up the login screen, but the keyboard is not operational. The problem also occurs in a virtual terminal (though I've

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Joe Riel wrote: First post to Debian-Users; I hope this isn't inappropriate. In December I upgraded Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04. The keyboard and mouse would then freeze after about five minutes of use. At that point I installed Debian 6 (another machine uses Debian, but this computer had come with U

Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
First post to Debian-Users; I hope this isn't inappropriate. In December I upgraded Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04. The keyboard and mouse would then freeze after about five minutes of use. At that point I installed Debian 6 (another machine uses Debian, but this computer had come with Ubuntu 9.04 install