From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RetSH-0002vH-3Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:09:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 46D6621C0D5; Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:09:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f181.google.com (mail-tul01m020-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE3C021C065 for ; Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:08:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbup6 with SMTP id up6so7000447obb.40 for ; Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:08:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=rDYuKLphoWeekR/B1n6PHhQNGS+IzLKLxymYSYoHPB0=; b=tHacE/JLPtSyOHddGYyY5SzMX7bHPIY405O+NhYkEWCYDZMMGZZjKzcveP3RZaM1rT 3/N0GhBq1/6cqXsPVKwBLygHw884e40BeQTzjBv4PhpwtPSK1GMJb8l0Mz6JJAv3IBAI 8c07io0cFuhzpwkopSajJ0pVCVF2VG4aZpxMM= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.119.41 with SMTP id kr9mr8232598obb.22.1324840115206; Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:08:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.208.103 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:08:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EF77494.4080606@gmail.com> References: <4EF77494.4080606@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:08:35 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle From: Dan Cowsill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0444801f737b6104b4ef6010 X-Archives-Salt: ab58f3cf-bbd6-4a48-8065-49c0a7169c12 X-Archives-Hash: 1a140ad171e0ec5332f24b27b2568158 --f46d0444801f737b6104b4ef6010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, CJoeB 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 > > -- > > Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, > http://counter.li.org > > > > 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. --f46d0444801f737b6104b4ef6010 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, CJoeB <colleen.beamer@gm= ail.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. =A0This 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. =A0So, I held the power button to cause a reboot. =A0The computer=
booted okay and gave me my login screen, but neither the keyboard nor
the mouse work.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Colleen

--

Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org




When the screen locks, is it the wh= ole computer?=A0 Can you do a CTRL+F7 and get to a console?

As to yo= ur 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-relat= ed.

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