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

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

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Hi,

On 02/09/09 18:52, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> 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.

Do you still have this problem? If so, can you provide the requested
information? To run gnome-screensaver in debug mode, use the --debug command
line option.

Cheers,
Emilio