* Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle
@ 2011-12-25 19:08 99% ` Dan Cowsill
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From: Dan Cowsill @ 2011-12-25 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, CJoeB <colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote:
> Happy Holidays, Everyone,
>
> To lead into the problem I am experiencing, I will let you know about an
> issue I've been having with my desktop (writing this from my laptop).
> Every once in a while, when the screensaver kicks in and then, the
> monitor goes on power save mode (something inherent to the monitor), the
> screen locks (I have not set it to do this) and the only way, I can get
> the computer going again is to reboot it by holding down the power
> button. This is annoying, but has not caused an issue until today.
>
> Today, I was doing a world update and the screen locked - I still had my
> KDE desktop up, but couldn't open a window to kill any processes or
> anything. So, I held the power button to cause a reboot. The computer
> booted okay and gave me my login screen, but neither the keyboard nor
> the mouse work.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Colleen
>
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> http://counter.li.org
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>
>
>
When the screen locks, is it the whole computer? Can you do a CTRL+F7 and
get to a console?
As to your current predicament, I would give a livecd a try and see if the
keyboard and mouse work in that.
What I'm driving at here is that your problem may be hardware-related.
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