Hi, On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 02:58:04PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 13:28 +0000, Paul Brossier wrote: > > > > after xscreensaver starts, if i try to type in my password to unlock the > > screen, no * is printed, and the timer gets reseted to the beginning.
first of all, this xscreensaver behaviour is a feature, not a bug: the new xscreensaver just doesn't show the * anymore, and it makes sense to reset the timer on key presses. i still loose the keyboard though. > > if i go to console mode with alt+ctl+f1, and kill xscreensaver, the > > mouse works fine, and alt+tab too. but no other key event seem to be > > able to reach the screen. some other weird things happen, such as the > > gnome menu not willing to open. > > > > i tried killing just about all my processes from the console, but no > > luck. restarting X does it. > > > > the keyboard is an apple usb keyboard with an italian layout (but i > > prefer the us one). > > Does this always happen, i.e. has it happened several times? There's a > known issue (that unfortunately still hasn't been tracked down, but most > evidence points towards the kernel) where sometimes a key gets 'stuck', > and if that happens to be a modifier, it can cause symptoms such as > those you describe. not every times, but it just happened again, and when xscreensaver was not locked. i could see the mouse for a while after the screen woke up, then lost everything, even alt+tab. i then moved to console and killed xscreensaver. X segfaulted again then (i attach the Xorg.0.log, which is very similar to the one i sent already). > Another possibility would be that a client is keeping the keyboard > grabbed, although that's rather unlikely given that you killed 'just > about all' your processes and that alt-tab still works. Nonetheless, you > may want to read up on Option "AllowDeactivateGrabs" in the > xorg.conf(5x) manpage and see if that helps. Option "AllowDeactivateGrabs" "boolean" This option enables the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Divide key sequence to deactivate any active keyboard and mouse grabs. Default: off. indeed, looks like it could help me getting the keys back. i will see if that helps. cheers, piem $ tail -n 100 /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old (**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg" (**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg" (**) Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" (**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "macintosh" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us" (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off" (**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD) (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0 Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! (WW) Open ACPI failed (/proc/acpi/event) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded (WW) Open ACPI failed (/proc/acpi/event) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled (WW) Open ACPI failed (/proc/acpi/event) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded (WW) Open ACPI failed (/proc/acpi/event) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not *** be the reason for the server aborting. Backtrace: 0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0xa0) [0x10045ff0] 1: [0x1002f4] 2: [(nil)] 3: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x1009e498] 4: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x1009e674] 5: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x1009e910] 6: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(CoreProcessPointerEvent+0x4e8) [0x1009f7f8] 7: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(ProcessPointerEvent+0x90) [0x10118330] 8: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86eqProcessInputEvents+0x298) [0x10053c48] 9: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(ProcessInputEvents+0x24) [0x10044cf4] 10: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(Dispatch+0xd4) [0x10094f64] 11: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(main+0x484) [0x100a5f24] 12: /lib/tls/libc.so.6 [0xfd5382c] 13: /lib/tls/libc.so.6 [0xfd53974] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.Org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]