Bug#544373: gnome-screensaver: Kernel freeze / Keyboard input stops being accepted

[Josselin Mouette]

Le lundi 31 août 2009 à 01:57 +0000, kardan at brueckenschlaeger.de a
écrit : 
> Package: gnome-screensaver
> Version: 2.22.2-2
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
> 
> * After logging in to gnome, keyboard stops working or kernel freezes hard
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> * Login to gdm
> * trigger screensaver start (e.g. close laptop lid)

> This worked for me as well:
> "Via ssh to the malfunctioning machine, I ran 'chvt 1'.  The console
> properly switched to a text console, and the local keyboard worked fine
> there.  Upon switching back to the X console, the local keyboard again
> appeared to be completely dead.  This exercise could be repeated any
> number of times with the same result." (415147#5)

This looks like some XKB issue to me. Please run gnome-screensaver in
debug mode and report what it prints, there may be some useful hints.

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