Before trying this, attempt to switch to a virtual terminal using the frozen keyboard on the off chance that that hotkey combo still is received. If that works just execute the commands there, but if not you will have to do the following:
They will not contain relevant information after reboot, so what you will have to do will involve another machine on the same wireless or wired network. Install the package openssh-server (sudo apt-get install openssh-server) on the pc that has the issue, and then ssh into it to run the relevant commands. If the other machine uses Windows you will need to install putty.exe from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html. If the other machine uses either Linux or MacOS you can use the command: ssh user@hostname. With user being your account name and host being the IP address of the affected Ubuntu machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1211207 Title: Keyboard and Mouse stop working after undefined time Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Lately (last week or so), my mouse and keyboard have both stopped working after some time (no fixed amount of time as far as I can tell). The only way I can continue using my computer is shutting the whole thing down and restarting it. To date this has only happened while browsing the internet (although not the same sites). Any help would be greatly appreciated. If more information is needed don't hesitate to ask, but please add detailed how tos as I'm not a computer guru, in any sense of the word. Thanks in advance To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1211207/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
