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