On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 04:19:07PM -0400, Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Sunday 01 June 2003 10:27 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've noticed an odd keyboard/mouse lockup on my HP Pavilion N5430 > > laptop since moving to Gentoo. The keyboard and mouse sometime go > > non-responsive... but a quick flick of the momentary-contact power > > switch unlocks it. (It's a soft switch, of course - just generating > > an interrupt, not yanking the current.) I've seen it both in X and on > > the console, and I do not run gpm - so the kernel seems to be > > implicated. I'm running the current 2.4.20-r5 gentoo-sources kernel. > > > > I haven't ruled out the possibility that the entire system is locked > > up - I'll try a remote connection to it the next time it happens. > > Whatever... it appears to recover cleanly with the hit on the power > > switch. > > > > Does this behavior ring a bell with anyone? > > > > Nathan Meyers > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > I occasionally have a similar problem, though I'm nearly certain it is a > problem with my KVM switch. Usually, just the mouse goes south. If this > is the case, I can switch to a virtual console and back to X and all is > well. I forget who pointed this out to me on the list. THANKS, who ever > you are. > I don't know if this will help you but, when both the KB and mouse go > off line, I can ssh in and kill and restart X.
Thanks... looks like our situations are different. On a bit more investigation, I learned that the machine is completely locked up - can't ssh, can't even ping it. But generating that little NMI from the power switch frees it. I'm inclined to suspect ACPI, which (past history shows) is often a good suspect in such problems. The machine supports ACPI, and I've got it enabled in the kernel. Nathan Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
