On 7 April 2013 14:50, norman silverstone <[email protected]> wrote: > < snip > > >>>> Are they conventional usb keyboard and mouse? >>> >>> Yes - I have tried both wired and wireless. >> >> I wonder whether it is that the system is becoming unresponsive as >> something is clogging up the machine, rather than a problem with the >> mouse and keyboard. Does it happen when you are doing anything in >> particular? Viewing online videos for example? > > > I had thought of that but the problem starts as soon as booting has finished > and no particular application running.
I don't understand, you said that they were intermittent. I assumed from that that they work for a while and then stop for a while and so on. Please clarify exactly what the symptom is. > >> >> Does the disk activity light flash continuously while the problem exists? > > > Yes there are very slight flashes all the time with an occasional large > flare. This activity also shows when running XP Pro. That is normal, I was looking for almost continuous activity, which would have indicated swapping. It seems that swapping is not the issue. > >> >> Open System Monitor and go to the Resources tab and leave that running >> and visible if possible, at least so that you can see the CPU and >> Memory sections. When it goes unresponsive do you see the CPU(s) >> going to 100%? Also what are the values for Memory and Swap when it >> is unresponsive. >> > I will see if I can find a way to do this allowing for the lack of response > to the mouse buttons. I meant that you open the monitor when all is operating normally and then when the problem appears look at what is shown. Colin > >>>> When you say intermittent do you mean they come and go while you are >>>> using the PC or do they work for a while then stop and you have to >>>> reboot or unplug and replug the device, or something, to get them >>>> back, or some other sort of indeterminacy? >>> >>> They come and go whilst using the PC. >>>> >>>> Do they work/fail together? >>> >>> Yes both the keyboard and the mouse buttons fail at the same time. > > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
